Jeff McCallum

The Mixed Blood Family

There are voices that call out to us

that do not fear being the sound of one hand clapping

in a forest where there may or may not be

an ear to hear what would

or would not be

the sound of one tree falling

a thousand trees falling

the domino effect of all and every tree falling

until we are left with only

wilderness

And should those voices cease to call

not in anger

but in pain

and with compassion

not in hate

but in love

for all humanity

not for separation

but for unity

then truly we are left

not with wilderness

but with a vast and empty wasteland