Waiting like so many women, men, children, workers a marginalized sea of humanity dehumanized made invisible, but not

vanished silenced, but not speechless Propelled by each one's inner light reflected in eyes of the other one like us, this mass of persistence refuses confinement making its mark, a recognizable symbol of defiance and hope Because the heart knows justice and dreams of beauty and compassion and in our minds we transform and reinvent ourselves in strength that subverts barriers and freedom with wings out of darkness Because our creative self demands it like plants command the waters and birds command the winds