resistance
better prickly sharp
than compliant bending, yes.
stubborn weeds split stone
we salute you, general leia
in a galaxy
closer than you might believe
the Empire falls
Enjoy more Poetry Friday for Solstice and Christmas Eve at Buffy’s blog.
I’m singing a verse of Joni Mitchell’s “God Bless the Grass” to go along with your stubborn weeds.
(I just checked into whether that song is actually hers and found that it was sung by Pete Seger, but Malvina Reynolds wrote it. What an interesting woman SHE was — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina_Reynolds — an unsung (ha) hero whose time has come again?)
Huh, I hadn’t even heard of her!