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Breathe Again

"I can't breathe."

How those words
now haunt me. 

Suffocating reminder 
of the curse 
on humanity. 

I want no part
of this evil plan,
man against man.

Let me stowaway
with paper and pen 

until we get past 
armageddon, 

to a safe place, 

where kindness,
compassion, love 
rules the land, 

where we can 
breathe again.  

 

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Ghazala lari

Mon 14th Dec 2020 11:32

Choking to death. Must be a terrible feeling.

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Fri 10th Jul 2020 02:41

Me too Po. When will the madness end? I will never understand the dark side of humanity. Praying that peace and love finds a way into the soul of man.

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