indigo

for Lucille Junkere
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This blue is also 
deep red.
Rich with blood,
the cries of babies
and entire peoples
torn from their home 
places,

bloom of anger,
drop of heartbreak,
music of spirits 
staying strong through
too many dark nights. 

This red-blue is the steady
stroke and beat 
of uprising, 
of holding steady 
and passing love
through blood and bone.  ​