Marjorie Moorhead
Wishing Well
I threw another stone to
the wishing well today.
A small splash,
but a splash none the less.
It will hit the water
and ripples will radiate
to the edges of that well.
The stone will join others
thrown with intention
and hope.
Today I will focus on the throwing;
the rippling; the intention.
I will find strength in the fact
that I am not alone
taking this action.
The arc of justice is long
but acts of faith are relentless.
Relentless.
Relentless.
Marjorie Moorhead is the author of Survival: Trees, Tides, Song (Finishing Line Press, 2019). Her poems have appeared in HIV Here & Now, Rising Phoenix Review, and Sheila-Na-Gig Online, Porter House Review, and other journals, as well as in several anthologies. Moorhead writes from the NH/VT border.
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