Day 520/Ceasefire Day 50

We grow resistance
as surely as we grow olive trees.
As surely as oranges will ripen
in orchards that will flourish again
our resistance will blossom, grow
full and sweet.
The fields we will plant with greens
will be seeded with courage.  Between
rows of vegetables
our strength and our children’s strength
will sprout tall and vibrant, will nourish
the soil.  Fallen trees
will seep their histories
into the roots of everything,
fallen bodies funnel their memories
into ours.  We will wonder
at what our dreams recall; stories
we never knew will become
our stories.  The resistance we grow
will be hillside, forest, richness
of earth.  Will fill the air
with its wild endurance.