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-misunderstood-

misunderstood by those who say love is real,
but life knows me better and can make me feel-
love reaches heights above the mount up high,
where only eagles with ferocity fly

walking and running throughout my day,
visions and thoughts bleeding away-
time has been stopped for those who wait,
living and giving to those who complicate

but I feel the breeze whisper to the willow
sweet nothings at twilight under my pillow-
where sleep can be found without regret,
making all the rabid noise learn to forget

so I fear not that lift up to the mount I saw,
for the depth of the fall shall bestow such awe-
eyes seeing yellow yet black does appear,
with sandpaper and glass encompassed in fear

living without the reason I’ve always been alive,
secrets and notions of pain do contrive-
when laughter and hope destroy and stray
I shall seize the empathy that made me this way

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6.22.20

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Regina Mcintosh

Date: 8/12/2020 4:29:00 AM

Such a breathless sigh within a writing... your words breath fire and hope. I enjoyed this so much, dear Lu Loo. God bless you - I so miss you :)

Eric Boddie

Date: 7/2/2020 9:25:00 AM

i feel that this is more fact than fiction....if we are all the same, then why all the racial tension....society, it must undergo a reinvention....only then will there be an end to all the friction....very powerful write lu loo....;)

John Gondolf

Date: 6/22/2020 3:40:00 PM

I enjoyed your fictional write, Luloo, I wish I could make all the rabid noise learn to forget. Hope all is well with you and yours. Hugs , John

John Hamilton

Date: 6/22/2020 12:30:00 PM

Beautiful as always Laura, wish you would enter my songwriters challenge contest, I remember well how well you write them, glad to see you posting, hope you and the fam are well!!