First Cousins

Perhaps justice 
is akin to kindness,
each ambivalent
stem bending amply
for the other, flexing
within the wind, so all may
turn their faces towards sun.

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt, copyright May 18, 2024, all rights reserved

Author's note: I do not know which version I prefer.

Perhaps justice
is more akin
to kindness,
each ambivalent
stem bending
consciously
for the other,
flexing within
wind, so all
may turn
to sun.

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt, copyright May 19, 2024, all rights reserved

Katherine Gotthardt

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt is an award-winning poet and author seeking meaning, peace and joy and hoping to share it where she can.
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