PAT RAIA - POEMS

Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who covers crime, politics and animal welfare. 
She is also a lifelong poet.

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​Brothers

We betray
each other
a thousand
ways
each day
with
jealousy
and
inequity
and
uninvited judgments
so
we do
what
we have
to do
to justify
our wrongs
in the eyes
of
our fathers
for the sake
of
our sons.

​

​The Creator

I wanted
roots
so
I invented
them
from 
other people's
stories
I wanted
wings
so
I made 
them
from paper 
scraps
and
string
I conjugated
a million verbs
to tell
my own
life story
and
I witnessed
things
that 
frighten you
especially
when you
sleep
Now
you want
to be
me
and 
it makes
me laugh - 
I don't 
think
you've saved
enough
broken string
for that 
​

​I am

I have been

the angel

of death

and

a warrior

for life

I have stood

on the edge

of nightfall

and kept

my balance

there

I've believed

in the dreams

of thousands

who had

no dreams

of their own

now

the journey

of my lifetime

has brought

me home
​
at last

​We are

We are
all connected
to the
generagions past
like
droplets from
a wellspring
like
particles
of light
we know
the things
our ancients
knew
in minute detail
which we
must spend
our own lifetimes
trying to
remember
​