For Ron Warren and Mashonda Taylor,
In Birmingham, October 2022
Autumn Breeze opens doors and hearts
Is this Place mine or yours
Or is it holy because it's neither
And how might we go all in
Committing every breath
Investing every dollar and dream
In a Place that is not to be managed
Or owned or defended with bitterness
But only loved on, a garden tended,
Cherished and blessed and given away
What if profit is simply this Place today
This moment between us
This table of broken bread
And our many reasons to work
And sweat and dance together?
DGJ
10/17/22
Birmingham, AL
