A voice for Raja Singh

The release of atomic power has changed
These shells contain a wish that has yet to be determined.
these shells have been carefully carried from my sister’s ocean.
One side pale and fastened with its crumbling past
The other side perfect and settled with an exemplary emptiness

they are too tiny to contain the sound of my sisters ocean but
they can be aliases to stories of the joy fed by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
they are shortcuts to the sanctuaries I have been building for generations to come

The change in atomic power will be with words that secure a course to a softer humanity,
that overcome the rage of an unhappy father whisking past the memory of flames in a child’s eyes as she watched her house burn alone, in the middle of the night

That very same atomic change is steady with the power your body and history offers
It lies in the dreams that welcome the becoming of such a simply, joyful man as fully as my heart has…

This atomic change looks like the phoenix in my minds eye that arises out of the ashes
with wings that fill my sails as I address my life changes
steering towards the release of atomic power that yields a new humanity.

Diane Ludin 2008

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