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Brighten Today By Changing Tomorrow

Today a small hand grips a gun Yesterday a small hand shook a rattle Today a heart blackened by rage Yesterday a heart thirsted for love Today a mind lost in confusions abyss Yesterday a mind hungered for knowledge Today a soul wounded by constant torment Yesterday a soul groped for the light of hope Today a frigid pair of unrelenting eyes Yesterday a warm pair of innocent eyes Today, a bullet claims one life Tomorrow, the chair of justice will take another Yesterday, social complacency murdered two

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 7/11/2014 9:49:00 PM
Kim A strong, powerful, truthful and heart wrenching write on what our world is becoming. Thank you for the nice comment on my Suicide Story poem
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Kim Morrison
Date: 7/11/2014 10:29:00 PM
Thank You and you are welcome. Suicide is a painful and difficult topic, but you nailed it. The heart wrenching nature of it made me think of a poem I wrote on spouse abuse called "Woman In The Window.
Date: 4/29/2013 2:45:00 AM
- Enjoy your day today ..... we know nothing about tomorrow. - A fine poem to read. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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