LEAN TOWARD THE LIGHT (Proverbs 29:18)
By Richard Wells
without light
there is no vision
without vision
the people perish.
our leaders are
hollow men
as far from the border
of redemption
as any who have lived
soul sick men
who inflict suffering
as if they had
invented it
who treat death as though
it will never come for them.
These days -
A taste of rust
ash on the wind
storms raging
black hearts courting catastrophe.
Struggle toward the light
without light
there is no vision
without vision
the people perish.
Guanajuato, GTO, MX
03.12.2025
Richard Wells, a lifelong writer, has also been a soldier, a chef, and a
community organizer
. His books, “Sideways through Zion,” and, “Yearning for Grace,” were
published by the Embajadoras Press. Through the years his poetry has appeared in a
number of on-line and print journals. He’s currently compiling his third collection.
Richard and his wife split their time between Seattle, WA, and Guanajuato, MX.
Richard’s current work is posted at richardwells.substack.com