Things that rise

Balloons
Water past it’s boiling point
Seeds
Dust
Currents
Truth
Lies
Sound waves
Ideas
Shrieks
Prayers
Feathers
Contaminants
Dispersed Particles
Bubbles
Sighs
Songs
Sometimes cars and houses and trees
Things lighter than their surrounding substance
Things propelled by force
Velocity
Absent of gravity
Things carried
Sometimes people
Not often enough, people
Dreams
Truth
Currents
Propellers that allow us to be brought along
We feel childish pulls of longing
And adult experiences of weightfulness
We celebrate the times when we are brought back to wonder.
We elevate that wonder and feel its joy.
We question if we can trust it.
We try not to question when we do feel pulled.
We look up, we stare, we long, we linger.
We entertain the belief that people rise.
People rise.
People are raised.
Communities rise.
People are raised.
Things rise, and we bear witness.