Together

O, come, Love, let us take a walk,
Down the Way-of-Life together;
Storms may come, but what care we,
If be fair or foul the weather.

When the sky overhead is blue,
Balmy, scented winds will after
Us, adown the valley blow
Haunting echoes of our laughter.

When Life’s storms upon us beat
Crushing us with fury, after
All is done, there’ll ringing come
Mocking echoes of our laughter.

So we’ll walk the Way-of-Life,
You and I, Love, both together,
Storm or sunshine, happy we
If be foul or fair the weather.

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“Together” originally appeared in The Widening Light (Walter Reid, 1922).

Black Lives Matter Anthology

“I live like a lover
who drops her dime into the phone
just as the subway shakes into the station”

—“I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies” by June Jordan