waking
awash in slanting winter sun
birdsong singing my cells
breathe in light
breathe out peace

a flash of news before the electricity goes
the BBC announces that
‘the UN Security Council has been unable to declare sanctions on Zimbabwe’

and I see the fear
in eyes of the child watching his father being taken into hiding

grief washing my cells
will there be no end?

the structures that are supposed to hold this in place
cannot hold back this violence

breathe in light

each step we move closer to the edge

when we leap into the chasm
trusting that we will be held by
the invisible web

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