Just Word(le)

/jəst/

behaving according to what is right and morally fair
“a just and equitable world”

T U O R T
in a world
where they want us to make-believe
and look the other way,
pretend we didn’t see
what took place before us,
we hold this to be self-evident

R M H Y T
within a yellowed wood
the choice to explore the road,
downtrodden or otherwise,
can not matter –
existence belongs to everyone

I R E D E
belief in a world
where we value
humanity in the human
justice in the just
where principle is principal
and life is for living

Q U A I L
we can math our way
divide and subtract
to infinity
but this sum is infinite

H Y O O R
set fire to both heart and words
carry the integrity of our grandmothers
the merit of our grandfathers
who trod upon this dirt
and rise (we must not be moved)

W O R L D
we live in our truth
where right is a creed
and equal an honor

Jennifer Guyor Jowett teases stories and writers into being. She is the author of Into the Shadows, a middle grade historical fiction based on true-life events, the creator of the #dogearedbookaward, and a defender of fierce girls. Jennifer is a 7th/8th ELA teacher in the mitten state.