SHERRI HARVEY

 

Unassailable

Bare feet—
on red earth.

Salt skin.
Bone will.

Laws say no.
Markets—steal worth.
Gates—lock learning.

They. Don’t. Yield.

They carry water—
and whole nations.

Plant seeds—
in dust.
Grow green—
from nothing.

Defiance…
in their stride.

Love—fierce enough
to lift generations.

Leaders—without permission.
Voices—without surrender.

Sunrise.
Unbroken.

When the world looks away—
they rise. Higher.

This—
is

unassailable.