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Living to enjoy the little joys. Taking it a step at a time.

  February 2022     2 hours ago

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Dancing King

The king dances naked in the city center
Prancing at the ka-ka -ka-ka, pap-pap and boom sounds

 of rifles and missiles!
Joined in a massacre jig by allies…
Hopping unceremoniously to the tune of war!

Tone deaf to the cries and shouts for ...

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The Cost of a Head

Heads sprawled everywhere...
Small heads, big heads,
Women’s heads, children’s heads,
Forming a pyramid of sorrow.
Eyes barely shut,
Tears of blood streaking down
Ruddy cheeks of infants
Who will never see tomorrow.


 “Off with their...

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Prayer Answered

In this fleeting moment, a prayer finds its way,
Learn to love, learn to live, learn to give each day.
See, it’s not so tough, this journey’s gentle sway.

Embrace grace, inhale favor, and in joy, stay.
Let love’s tender whispers light the...

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Walking Your Path

Until I wore your over sized scrawny shoes…

 Scuttling through harrowing dark tunnels,

 Dodging bullets and bombs,
I never knew where it pinched.


 Until my roof was scalped...
Like a bald vulture in rain, drenched,
Flapping its wet wings,...

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The Moon seeks Attention

Like a spurned lover, the moon turns from the sun,
Casting its opaque shadow over the earth, its adversary.

 Despised for reflecting light, not emitting its own, It is jeered and taunted.
In anger, it traces a path of totality, Weary of the...

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Thought provoking poem..."To know joy, you must know pain." Profound!

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Not believing is still a belief. Nice poem.

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Nice flow to the poem.

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This is very emotional. Thank you for sharing your vulnerabilities. So many men out there "pretend all is fine".

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Inspiring...Hopeful. Never too late to get rid of the " dead weight".

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You have painted a very multi dimensional view of love...

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I pray God keeps his love alive in your eyes to keep loving others...

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Definitely, "only good will prevail".

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A beautiful empathic poem. This one runs deep!

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Don't we all have a love story we wish would last forever? Nice poem...

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Thanks for seeing the message behind the poem. I hope we can all do our bit to bring light and peace to the world...

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sometimes you want to keep it short and simple while driving home the point!

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Those in power need to show empathy. The flip side of peace is justice...

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Thank you. I pray these words make the impact of peace.

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