-be- Poem by Brandon White

It's a wonderful life.

Though there's sickness,
and death,
and bodies melting
like candles
in trailers outside
the mortuary.

It's a wonderful life.

Though fear
and division threaten
the stability of our country,
and the house is rotting,
and I feel like a walking
panic attack,

It's a wonderful life.

The river rushes on.
The cardinal watches
through the window.
The mystery remains.
The Kingdom
is here.