change

the change of affairs
is a difficult thing to portrait,
change for the better,
for life
or for love,
for peace,
whose symbol
is a beautiful
white dove.

The suffragists were
fighting-
or trying to vote-
and then it all happened,
not just women,
not just men,
just persons
casting their choice.

there are no accidents,
the wise used to say,
life goes on,
day by day,
transforming
your world
and the illusions
that may.

(Suffragettes)