photo by Sydónne Blake

 

Aerik Francis
is a poet & teaching artist, born & based in Denver, Colorado, USA.

I believe in living.

I believe in water

Flowing. I believe

In the universal

In relationships, strong,

Stretching, further than

Belief, as lives do.

I believe in life.

This is a methodology.

This is an ethic of care.

–from _Affirmations Toward Care_ published by Bozalta, Winter 2021