the future is a choir.
people, all
of them hugging
and housed with
others who become home.
there is no war, for
our differences are minor
where our similarities are strong.
universal bonfire
with singing
and love and
love and love and
love.
About the Author
Ash Tré Phillips is a genderqueer Bay Area born and raised poet. They made it to the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam final stage in 2015 and 2016. Having graduated high school in 2015, Ash is currently working on their own chapbook ‘This World Has a Timestamp.” In the meantime they can be found feeding their coffee addiction as a barista at Philz Coffee Castro.