Letters & Opinion

Literary Page: How best to live

I sing you hard songs;
you offer me a rose
made of metal

 

I have sculpted
my own breath;
you have designed

 

A heart made of stone:
all emblems to the
sentimental side

 

Of a life as I plead
understanding, and
now make sacrifices

 

Wondering how much
more there is to give
as the anthems cause

 

Cracks at the sides—
we heal best with
our bones and flesh

 

— Cyril Dabydeen