An Answer by Guest author Cesar Gutierrez (cg_71@yahoo.com)

AN ANSWER:

everywhere there are whispers and promises

everywhere there is life

beauty gathers in the farthest corners

and crawls beneath the heaviest rocks

from the dangerous heights, a slender tree grows

and birds call “home”

in the thinnest soil, delicate flowers thrive

a warm moon glows

even concrete and steel cannot hide the native beauty

even unnatural disasters cannot break our hearts

though we stuble a hundred times over the (omitted) of our brethren

cry a thousand tears

recite a million prayers

still we rise

there is light in every darkness or we could not perceive its night

and there is hope in every trouble or we would not kwow dispair

in every struggle there is strength

within each lie awaits the truth

grace fills every creature

each breath is an answer

like sun and rain

like food and sleep

you are one dazzling light in a supernova of color

give yourself to wonder

burst the seams of frailty

and explode into living

you are fire

you are sound

sweet laughter

tender longing

forgiveness

love is everywhere

love is everywhere