Day By Day

Day by day As the wisdom's of life grow darker The brutality sadly becomes routine And the future manifests itself in the present A child runs barefoot Fear not little one, the bombs are loud But angels will run beside you You shall run free, to speak Of what no one should ever see Tears rain down, washing away pain so deep Old photos, burnt and torn Your only memories to keep So be content to rest With the painful knowledge Of having what is not Day by day

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Punnia Viswan Bhatia

Date: 11/15/2015 9:14:00 AM

Deeply touched

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:35:00 PM

Thank you

Dinda Minardi

Date: 3/13/2013 12:44:00 AM

A poignant write about embracing what you've got no matter what.. well-penned.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 3/17/2013 9:18:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words!

Seren Roberts

Date: 3/12/2013 6:27:00 PM

well done my friend. Soup

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:35:00 PM

Belated thank you

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/10/2013 7:16:00 AM

A touching poem Arthur, hoping the sun will shine on you. - Have a nice Sunday. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:36:00 PM

It seems I am destined to re-live the year 2013! Thank you so much, and so sorry for missing all these lovely comments!

Sean L Sanders

Date: 3/7/2013 4:47:00 PM

nicely done poet. Hey if you have time look at a new poet Margherita Russo

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:40:00 PM

Thank you!

Susan Palli

Date: 3/7/2013 10:45:00 AM

Could feel the pain, good write!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:37:00 PM

Sorry for such late reply, never the less very much appreciated!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/7/2013 9:30:00 AM

Arthur, i feel the power a guardian around me always... living day by day, is a hard mission to accomplish, the sorrow of the world, is what many will not see... you painted a deep and sad image here. you are a good poet, with true vision... Linda

David Williams

Date: 3/7/2013 8:02:00 AM

Arthur this is just a wonderful write, there is so much work and thought gone into it, it shines...David

Arthur Vaso
Date: 3/17/2013 9:19:00 PM

Thank you David, much appreciated

Harry Horsman

Date: 3/6/2013 4:37:00 PM

this indeed is an awesome poem,, so visual, and a joy to read...

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:38:00 PM

Thank you Harry, I seem to have missed to many comments, I better say Merry Christmas now, this way I get a comment in early instead of 2 years late!!!

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 3/5/2013 10:24:00 PM

'...if the Russians love their children too' ~ Sting. Would that all the warring nations would think of their children first before making tragic, 'adult' decisions. A fine piece, Arthur. Best wishes, Keith

Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/15/2015 3:38:00 PM

Sorry for missing the comments on this poem, thank you so much Keith!