live in love.

for the new year, 1981

i have a small grain of hope=
one small crystal that gleams
clear colors out of transparency

i need more.

i break off a fragment
to send to you.

please take
this gain of a grain of hope
so that mine won’t shrink.

 please share your fragment
 so that yours will grow.

 only so, by division
 will hope increase.

 like a clump of irises, which will cease to flower
 unless you distribute
 the clustered roots, unlikely source-
 clumsy and earth-covered-
 of grace.

-denise levertor.