Earthrise

 

   

Amanda Gorman, activist and US National Youth Poet Laureate recites her poem Earthrise.  You may have seen her at the recent US Presidential Inauguration.  Prepare to be inspired!

 

 

On a hike in the woods, I came across a message in the snow: XOX, hugs and kisses. 
My heart expanded and I added the symbol of heart.

"Stay safe," was the next message that I read in the snow. 
Who was the author, who the audience? 
Who but a child or someone who was a child at heart would leave a message of love in the snow?
Who would send a wish of safety to those they had never met, would never meet?

A smiling face and a flower came next.  They made me smile s
o I added another heart and a peace sign.
I became a child at heart co-creating a message of love, a message of peace, a
 message of concern in the snow. 
The young are speaking.  Listen to their new story.
Be inspired.  Become a child at heart.
Dare to dream!