Blue Fortitude

Columbine/Frank A. Clark, MD

Inspired by a visit to Columbine Memorial

The wall that helps.
The wall that heals.
The wall that hopes.

The ground that grants.
The ground that grieves.
The ground that guides.

The streams that pant.
The streams that pine.
The streams that pray.

The souls that bleed.

Wall of Healing/Frank A. Clark, MD

The souls that breathe.
The souls that build.

The blue that speaks.
The blue that sings .
The blue that sprouts.

Remember the Columbines!

Dr Clark is an outpatient psychiatrist at Prisma Health-Upstate and clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry, and he currently serves as the Diversity and Inclusion section editor and advisory board member for Psychiatric Times^TM. His newest book, Positively Haiku: Illustrated Affirmations in 17 Syllables, is available at Amazon.