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The nameless.

Don’t name them

Too many names

No names

Names can

Be missed

Your name

Their name

So no names

No religion

All faiths die

No colour

Whats colour

No country

No wealth

It doesn’t

Matter

No language

No measure

of intelligence

All tongues

Are stilled

For lifes

Accounting

 

You

Child with

Leukaemia

You are beautiful

You child suffering

Sarcomas

You are

Beautiful

Over there 

Child with

Broken chromosome

You are beautiful

I don’t need your

Label

To know your 

Beauty

I know your beauty

We know

Your beauty

See your beauty

Feel your beauty

Thank you

For sharing

For giving

Your beauty

Your unfathomable

Courage

Allowing us to

Love you.

◄ Soul?

Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982.Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. ►

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keith jeffries

Mon 15th Apr 2019 09:41

Phil,

What a profound poem as it hits the raw truth of existence and calls for unconditional love. A cleverly presented poem which, in my case, helped me realise my own good fortune and the need to develop a better perspective on the world which I encounter everyday.

Thank you
Keith

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