Poetry

December 16 – For Poets by Al Young

Stay beautiful
But don’t stay down underground too
          Long
Don’t turn into a mole
Or a worm
Or a root
Or a stone

Come on out into the sunlight
Breathe in trees.
Knock out mountains
Commune with snakes
& be the very hero of birds.

Don’t forget to poke your head up
& blink
Walk all around
Swim upstream

Don’t forget to fly.