two things brought tears to my eyes today, one
was a heartfelt response to tragedy, President
Obama speaking eloquently and meaningfully
about the senseless death of 20 children
the other a stirring expression of hope, poor
Paraguayan children building an orchestra, and
the possibility of a better future for themselves,
out of nothing but nearby garbage
may they all find their way to a more serene
heaven
Richard
a poem by me
richibi
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love and hope
why do we ever only hear of people falling hopelessly in love
and never hopefully
why do we fall in love instead of rising to it
why don’t we have verbs of elevation,
like lift, fly, transcend
when love is often like very wings
shouldn’t adverbs be more encouraging,
shouldn’t they inspire rather than drop like lead,
shouldn’t they water love like the garden of infinite possibilities
one in love imagines and irrepressibly invents
rather than succumb to fear of despair, and the dark side
I’ve wondered
since without love there can after all be no heaven
and yet we fall
richibi
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