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The wall

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On her knees…
With a delicate dance of her hands…
Mother Life’s fingers grazed the wet sand…

Endless tears pouring out…

What about me?
She wrote…
What about love?
What about life?

My son…
You might build a wall…
Imprison your sick mind…
Runaway…
Hide…
But for every brick of your wall…
I shall give life…
Love…
Hope…
To a million hearts…
She cried…

My son…
Your times of fear
one day…
Will come to an end…
Your wall will collapse…
Turn to dust…
That day…
My son…
You will come to me
and with endless tears pouring out…
You will ask…

What about me?
What about love?
What about life?

Xoanxo 2017

Winter wish ►

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Xoanxo

Tue 1st May 2018 17:47

Thank you Anya, Suki, Rachel!
Rachel, unfortunately the video link you shared does not seem to work but thank you for your comments!

elPintor

Tue 1st May 2018 02:37

This seems to be the eventual realization that we are all the pouring out of life and/or love despite our wishes for self-containment.

And, the audio--I'm glad that I read the piece before I listened because I never would have connected the two in the way that you did.

Enjoyed the writing, either way.

Rachel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5bB7QrTfD0&index=7&list=PLjulArign39tJJyV8msDbY78udf4cM3Om

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suki spangles

Tue 1st May 2018 01:39

I look forward to listening to more of this. Carry on!

Suki

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Xoanxo

Sun 29th Apr 2018 16:30

Thank you Martin and Colin, very much appreciated! Yes, I do intend to share here a few more...?

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Martin Elder

Sun 29th Apr 2018 14:43

This is a poem that is all in the listening which brings it to life in an incredible way, working really well with the soundtrack.
excellent

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Sun 29th Apr 2018 08:58

Love it - and the audio is superb. Thanks for posting Xoanxo. I hope you have some more to share. All the best, Colin.

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