I was there

I was there when the stars exploded to shards,
Twisting all that was running smooth,
Wiping clear the timeless celestial charts.
I was watching, unable to move.
 
I was there when the fire was lit underneath
All the prophets, the misfits, the brave.
I was one of the grievers laying a wreath
On a nameless clandestine grave.
 
I was there just before the start of the war,
When the silence sounded like cries.
I was still and the frightened expression I wore
Went unnoticed by history’s scribes.
 
All the sadness, injustice and fear in this world,
All that’s beautiful, honest and fair,
Every trivial gesture and life-changing word:
All inside me because I was there.


Art by Jorge Urbina Gaytan


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Вот это сила! Ты гигант!

Александр Коган   07.08.2024 14:44     Заявить о нарушении
Английской мысли. Мать... чего там? ))

Да какой гигант, Саша - так, пишу немного ) Спасибо тебе!

Людмила Прасад   08.08.2024 00:54   Заявить о нарушении