Silence
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Tag: poem
What Do We Tell Our Children Today?
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What do we tell our children today? How do we protect them from a world where children get hurt? Where cruelty, intolerance and unfathomable hatred live, Scarring our cities with […]
Invisible Voices
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A whisper sounds and louder grows, In my ear repeating those, Words that set my teeth on edge, Barbed and pointed, make no sense. No logic to the twisted jibes, […]
Standing at the Precipice
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Standing at the precipice, staring over the edge, Beckoned to take that one small step, That will take you over the ledge. A single step once taken, That promises no […]
Stumbling Through Fog
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Stumbling through fog, steps unsteady, Lacking direction, feet feeling heavy; Tied to a weight that anchors my will, Resists forward motion, implores me to be still. To shrink within the […]
Gathering Storms
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When dark clouds gather and smother you, Overbearing with their gloom; When chills set in, piercing skin, When hope leaks out from you. As a whirling storm gathers, Howling winds […]
I See You
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I see you I hear what you say I read what you’ve written But I see What you conceal You reveal What you hide I seek; answers Revealed not in […]
Terminal Debris
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Image: Ivan Aivazovsky Drifting among the wreckage Of terminal debris Bent out of shape, contorted Twisted beneath a sea Of shipwrecks born of violent storms And crashing waves of fury […]
Empty Page
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White empty page, blank but for promise A pen that is poised, summoning words to flow from it Who knows where they’re born, from which well they spring How they […]
Lost & Found
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Faith and hope carry us along, What is left if they are gone? Fear the worst, expect life to bite, No comfort in happiness, a transitory night. Dare to expect […]