I Pledge

I pledge to hold this hope for me
and you and you and all of us,
a supple hope that
when trampled
will gently bend and breathe
before it slowly, invisibly
rises again to reach upward
(ever, always upward)
toward the blazing possiblity
of generosity toward one another,
compassionate openness one to the other,
liberty to love without asking questions
or requiring answers of each other,
readiness to give where there is need,
freedom to have and to hold
without needing to own and to grasp
each other, me and thee
and you and you
and all of us.