Showing posts with label a poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a poem. Show all posts

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Light of My Soul: A Poem

Too many promises
have turned into lies.
More hatred is shouted
to drown out my cries.

He releases himself
to seek and find love,
while my heart lays shattered;
an abandoned dove.

Mourning brings forth anger
at his obscene acts.
I yearn to cry out at
the morals he lacks.

Yet I hold my head high,
while keeping my cool.
The children are watching
their Dad play the fool.

My response portrays me;
the light of my soul.
I will not be bitter,
just strong, wise and whole.


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

In Twenty Years: A Poem















Twenty years later
so little has changed.
Children suffer,
mothers distraught;
waiting patiently for justice,
our silence is bought.

My child is grown now.
It's time I speak out,
afraid NO MORE,
restraints unbound;
saving the lives of my sisters,
til each voice finds her sound.

Freedom for families
who live lives oppressed -
with faith and hope,
alive and well;
bringing forth a future of peace,
they emerge from their cells.

Two decades forward,
will things be the same?
Beyond control
or safe and fair;
our daughters will live in shackles 
if they don't think we care.

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