Regenerate -- by Cherise Taylor

Regenerate

by Cherise Taylor

Something happened.

Somewhere between conception and war for existence.

Somewhere between merely existing and giving meaning.

And I know what it was.

Somewhere along the way it was lost—the meaning, the reality,

Then even the conception.

Somewhere we lost meaning and we forgot that Literature--

Is not an escape but an expression.

And when we lost that, we lost the truth of what it means to be human.

Somewhere on that path we lost ourselves when we turned to believe

That humanity and worth is only what we do, what we accomplish.

Literature once reminded us—the beauty of humanity is what we be.

Oh, for these truths I long that we return,

That we would be, that we would see

All the things we lost when Literature betrayed humanity.

What happened?

What changed?

Was it Literature or was it us?

Can we change it again?

Maybe if we--

Regenerate

Revive

Renew

Rewrite—First Literature, then History.