Survivor Literacy

Community by Protyus A. Gendher

Community 
Community 
The glue that runs between you and me 
The answer that could heal everything 
But it’s also the source of the disease 
Community 
Behaving between our commonality 
The source of our belonging 
The place we share our hopes and dreams 
Community 
Foundation laid beneath our feet 
To give us roots, and set us free 
Through our generations into eternity 
Community 
Wrought with symptoms of social disease 
“Can I get a doctor please?” 
Can it be fixed with hands like these? 
Community 
Stay true to me 
You don’t have to give until you bleed 
Just show up, fulfill a need 
Community 
Undermined by all this greed 
Losing life, with each dime squeezed 
But this has predictable endings 
Community 
Can see how bad you’re hurting 
Another page is turning 
In a world that continues burning 
Community 
Don’t slip through the cracks, “Can you hear me?” 
Coming together to see things more clearly 
Holding each other close, so dearly 
Community 
I won’t lie; it’s messy 
But it’s also the secret to ending 
The problems that this world keeps sending 
Community 
It’s up to you and me 
To participate in social healing 
Until we run out of reasons for kneeling 

I had to diagnosed myself.