Revival

—Keziah Mariam

From the wintry grey to the orange hue,
From the parched brown to the lush green,
From the withered beige to the ravishing violet,
From the tainted yellow to the lucid crystalline,
From the cold purple to the warm tangerine,
From the unsettled turquoise to the ambitious blush,
From the dampened silver to the resplendent gold,
From the harsh amber to the dulcet coral,
From the disordered garnet to the rhythmic blonde,
From the unlit black to the vivid white,
From the bruised blue to the benign pink,
From the wounded nude to the triumphed crimson.
Let the world step.
Let the world breathe!

From the broken to the mended,
From the wizened to the spirited,
From the inert to the ever flowing,
From the impure to the unblended,
From the selfish to the altruistic,
From the vicious to the mellowed,
From the abused to the vigorous,
From the indifferent to the zealous,
From the worst cries to the heartiest laughs,
From the pained to the loved,
From the hurt to the merry,
From the avenge to the pardon,
From the lifeless to the sanguine,
From the dead to the living,
From the momentary to the eternal,
Let the world step.
Let the world breathe!