Dear Friends~

I enter 2019 with courage for the struggles ahead and hope for victories large and small. To that end, I send a poem, a prayer.

Yours truly reading “My Victory” after Councilwoman Helen Gym inspires a post-election celebratory gathering with Philly Neighborhood Networks. Photo by Margaret Lenzi

My Victory
(companion to Psalm 18, David’s Victory Song)

My victory is your victory, is our
victory, is the one tale
that wants to be told
over and over in thousand tongues until
there is no need to tell it anymore
because we are all living
the story that wants to be lived.

There is a man of wavering ways
and violent urge,
of narrow will and stature large:
human, with a killing grip. We fight,
male and female, to be free,
delivered from his clutch.

Every triumph against him must be told,
each battle heralded, celebrated,
every wondrous birthing
seen and heard, counted, recounted.
Our power is magnified by our songs.
We make a pathway
to freedom with our stories,
a highway for salvation with our sounds:
our rising voices, our God’s
determined roar—let it come
through us, let it come.
Selah.

Beginning January 18, a group of kindred souls will be gathering in my kitchen for a Winter Writing Circle. There is room for one more. If that might be you, please contact me now. You will find details in the Upcoming Events section of this page, and you may call me at 215-247-5545 with your questions.

I hope this message finds you well. As for me, alongside the political work, I continue work on my manuscript for Book Two of Through the Gates.

Look for a spring release!

Many Blessings~

Susan