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    Look in the Rearview

    are we now to becomeno more than yesterday's phantasms?specters drifting across a barren landscapetoo foolish to pay any heedto the errors of our fathers those men who fought or fellby a madman's selfish handwhere they were gathered& ruthlessly enslaved too many...

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    • That for me is the best thing you’ve ever posted.
      Fear is what the rotten folks want us to feel as we become easier to manipulate.
      I read and listen and weep for us all but then I put it aside, find a nice warm spot outside and marvel.
      Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
      This piece is a work of heart and art.👍

      • The irony is that I wrote this one in 2019. It’s just as…if not more…relevant today. I keep a ready eye on it but I also keep beauty & love as close as possible. I can’t help but wonder…as long as there are humans, will it always be dark times? Thank you

    • “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor E. Frankl

      Inhumanity has never been able to erase humanity. Love is too strong.

      • I can’t even begin to express what your comment means to me. It’s the glimmers that keep us going & the sparks that keep the fire lit. Thank you

    • I can’t speak for other places but here in the West, the majority of people have no idea where they came from or why they do things. We have everything at the touch of a button….parts & products that are part & parcel of this Beast System that gives us round the clock heating and air-conditioning and movies & songs & poetry sites all in an instant…a system which must collapse at some point. Guess who gets to live through this calamity? Yep, you ‘n me lol. Could be the end of the world…as we know it anyway.

    • Powerfully penned, Willow. Into the book it belongs! We are definitely kindred spirts my friend. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, that we keep repeating the same mistakes, never learning from history. Spitting facts on this one, excellent write as always. Top notch! Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • Sadly, this isn’t even a new write. From the last time the cheeto soiled the oval office. So disheartening. But…& it’s a big but…I see more outcries & uprising this time. That alone gives me hope. Thank you, my friend

    • It’s like people have forgot their humanity. I also hate this whole trying to erase history. History is ugly but it’s truth is how we learn. Fabricating the past will only guaranteed repeating it.

      Great ink, friend.

      • They’re trying to erase history so there’s no backtrail on the atrocities they intend to return to. They don’t want the playbook in circulation. The only reason to erase history is to repeat it. Too many of us are “woke” though & I’m seeing a lot more resistance to the system than before. This isn’t new. Just new faces to the same old hates. Thank you, my friend

    • I agree that they are trying to erase history so the future generations can not learn from mistakes made in the past. I was watching a movie where a woman hid a book of her family’s history so she can teach her children what happened and where they came from and I fear that we may have to hide our history so we can educate in secret and that is sad.

      • I was thinking about how much of my family history went to the grave with my grandparents because nobody besides me took interest in asking about it. I see the erasure of history in this country & it terrifies me. Oral history & snatching what history books already exist in order to hide & protect them for future generations looks more & more like the reality we’re approaching. I guess that’s where we come in…words are our gift. Lay them bare. Can’t bury us all & our words. Thank you

    • Fantastic work. Right on.

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    melancholy

    dreamy thoughts with visions of sadnesswatching her before medancing in the wind wild hair flowingwith delicate shades of blue she exudesgentle with my feelingsshe comes to visit oftentender girl with a soft voicemelanchly haunt a little slip of a...

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    • Broken childhoods can still turn into beautiful things. The Japanese call it the art of kintsugi 🌼

      • hello dearest Joe yes they can I don’t feel sadness is my enemy but teacher thank you for the lovely comment 💕

    • Powerfully penned, Brenda. Amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

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    Mountain Laurels

    Summer lingers Days still sunny and warm And time, it seems to crawl As seasons drift to fall Golden haze hangs over distant fields Thoughts of you slipping through the veil Of passing days and hours While trees hold...

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    • What a gorgeous piece.🌹🌾

    • I told you I was seeking peace of mind. 🌼

    • hello dearest Joe you are one of the most beautiful writer I’ve ever known I’m honored to be here with you 💕

      • And you my friend write beauty all your own. We’re like puzzle pieces helping bring a more beautiful picture together 🌼

        • that’s a wonderful thought for my soul 💕

          • Well, you desire thoughts of wonder and beauty, isn’t that what you give? 🌼

            • I don’t know I just go where I’m led I do my best there is a flow to some of them that is luck you have the artist touch of a musician and a master of words 💕

              • Thank you, Brenda. That was a beautiful compliment – but be careful not to over inflate my ego.too much!🌼

    • And nature is where I find it. 🌼

    • You put a beautiful touch on that wonderful time in-between the seasons, especially Summer to Fall, when the ground has cooled down enough to lay on it again. I’m not trying to get too comfy…there are more scorchers on the horizon. But Fall is the best. Thumbs up ^

      • I hear you, I’m ready to hit some trails without dying of heat stroke! Fall will be here quick enough. Good to have you back around! 🍁

    • You take simplicity and develop stark imagery. I like the easy flow of your work.

      j.

      • Thank you. Nature and the beauty of women are the wine of life, to be savored at ease. Sometimes I capture that.

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