For Minneapolis

And around them, the ones exploding with rage and pain, were those akin by blood and spirit - linking heart to heart and back through time (so many ages); behind them, those of wise counsel and right action reaching out to teach and speaking softly (so many sages); and still more, as the ranks of guardians came rushing forth (protective) with messages from the Tree of Life (so many pages), and angels then (the lights we call "angels") holding the firmament together as the world evolves, breaking and healing and rattling again (so many stages); and around them all, a heartbeat, vast and steady, and the words, "Remember that you are loved ... remember ... "