Elegy for Petra Kelly

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We weep for the passing of the sunflower

We weep for the passing of the speaker-out

            May your bones be the soil of the strength we need

            May your blood be the wter of the hope we need

            May your memory be the breath of our will

            To go on

We cry out at the passing of the builder

We cry out at the passing of the tearer-down

We mourn the dousing of the fire

We mourn the bursting of the storming heart

We witness the passing of the spring-time

We embrace the passing of the early bloom

We sing for the coming of the future

We sing for the rising of the longed-for seed

            May your bones be the soil of the strength we need

            May your blood be the water of the hope we need

            May your memory be the breath of our will

            To go on.

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