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Gun-wielding children run free

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  Thee have I heard Thee have I seen Thee I have watched among a parody of creatures Found in a haven of the living   For the dead never found such peace Among two or three in the land of winged creatures I stood there among you once Didn't you see I hear them converse of worldly matters the rumble of heaven They didn't foresee For the errors are many the stumble in words I feared for their folly some day And thereafter watched as the stately figures Spewed hatred toward kin and kindred Gun-wielding children run free While nature stands witness to bombs and death-wish The victims plead an innocence The fatigued go unheard Destruction has burned their hopes away There is no laughter in pain and sorrow Sadness, a weary man's way For a heartful of burden None, his making has threatened to deny him  his years. -shobana-   This poem suddenly came to me as I thought about the destruction taking place throughout the world.  My hope is that it will end soon, for the inn...
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From Your Valentine

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Valentinus, a priest, defied Claudius the Cruel choosing love over law. Banned from solemnising marriages He provoked Claudius' ire  The Emperor  who believed that warriors weren't meant to marry. Married warriors make bad soldiers, the Emperor was certain, and declared a punishment worse than any. Valentinus defied the cruel law passed and married soldiers who loved their women just the same. Whispers abound everywhere, and he is carried away to jail! The King's words rang foul behind him as he was dragged away, "I sentence you to death for defying my law!' Languished in prison The poor priest  on the eve of his execution  wrote a letter to his Julia. Julia, Julia, your diminished sight burdened me greatly Though my death is nearing, my wisdom has impressed your Father, Asterius. I begged him to bring you to me And what a miracle That I prayed, and now your sight is restored. Your faith was bigger than a mustard seed. This letter to you I write, before my untimely...
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I'd do anything to share the dream you dreamed.

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The rosettes, the roses, the grand view of the rose bush was something she'd never see again. But then, there I was, her eyes for the beauties she loved I remember she said she'd love to see Hawaii But then, she never made it there, Not to see the seaside, or to wade in its waters or to walk along the shore or hold the hand of her lover not again But then, there I was I, who knew her dream and said to her in passing I will tell you how the seaside looked Or what joy it was to walk barefoot on its sands and dip my feet in its water, or wade deeper where the corals danced below on seabeds roused by the waves. Oh, I'd make your dream mine So you know that I'd do anything to share the dream you told me you dreamed. -shobana- #poetrycommunity #poemstolove #dream #writingcommunity #blogger #seasidepoems #pinkroses #nature   My book, The Faction Revolution (Module: 1-3), will be published soon. Don't forget to get a copy. You will learn the art of integrating facts into fi...
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