Seasons Change
Slowly, Slowly, for the free people of Libya
Slowly,
Slowly, one by one
the leaves turn
and red returns
where green once held.
Slowly,Acting alone
yet part of the collective
branches call the uprising
until all are one
and the revolt is complete.
But always
it takes one.
© Mark William Jackson
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Mark William Jackson is a Sydney artist whose work has appeared in various journals including Popshot, Going Down Swinging, The Diamond & the Thief and SpeedPoets. markwmjackson.com
The season may change, but one wonders if anything else will. They spill out after Friday prayers into the streets demanding change, but to whom do they listen and who will they annoint?
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