‘Sanctuary’ was published in Spring, 1987, but its message is dateless. Spring, 2020, thirty-three later, and your words can help us try to understand what seems to be out of reach today. We are ‘stained’ by the racism that ‘spreads’ across the country. Even the best of our intentions ‘fail’ to restore the ‘full light’ of unity. Let all those who suffer find shelter from danger or hardship. Let us ‘believe.’
‘Sanctuary’ was published in Spring, 1987, but its message is dateless. Spring, 2020, thirty-three later, and your words can help us try to understand what seems to be out of reach today. We are ‘stained’ by the racism that ‘spreads’ across the country. Even the best of our intentions ‘fail’ to restore the ‘full light’ of unity. Let all those who suffer find shelter from danger or hardship. Let us ‘believe.’