February 18, 2025
Food for Thought
Bandages
I bring bandages for hearts broken by departures from ancestral homes.
I bring bandages for feet without shoes cut by rocks at the shores of dangerous seas.
I bring bandages for children who long for mothers’s, fathers’ arms
I bring bandages, triple antibiotic ointment and gauze wrap
I will hand these out to those of us cut by vicious mouthings and poisonous eyes
I hope my bandages will stop the tears of fears, not knowing what is ahead
Bandages for cuts and bruises from life was we know it
For generation 2000 now, for this one world off kilter
Muster courage, pray for guidance
Hold hands.
Daniel Raskin, 02.13.2025