Sandra Adams Poet Free verse

2020

they say "hindsight is 20/20" 
is it easy to validate what is behind us
like a storm that causes mass destruction and death
get indemnity for what is lost, even when it's time?

spring had sprung, winter clung
no way to vitiate the damage being done
as we sit inside looking out
watching nothing but time passing by

even shadows are stilled in silence
while we stare across the horizon's edge
at morning's rise and fall
counting stars more than days
just to fill the voids in life

we patiently await for something more
seeing our tears trickle from skies
as our screams fall from birds gathering nearby
volant in their freedom while we are caged 
trying to find our way out of this maze
that 2020 has become...
awaiting on hindsight 

5/23/2020

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John Hamilton June 18, 2020 at 9:28 PM Great for a second read Sandy, now find me your best ever poem and enter my new contest!

Funom Makama June 8, 2020 at 9:37 PM A belated congratulations on your win.. This is wonderful and glorious. Loving every line passionately.

Robertina B. June 8, 2020 at 9:10 AM A belated congratulations on your win, Sandy.. A splendid write about our reality! Excellent imagery, my friend.. Your talent shines! Many blessings!

Gordon Mcconnell May 30, 2020 at 7:25 AM Super piece Sandy, really so well penned with great imagery and expression. Hope all is well with you, Blessings,Gordon

Jennifer Proxenos May 27, 2020 at 1:12 AM Great poem and great win, well penned Sandy - 2020 will certainly go down in history books. Love and hugs,Jennifer.

John Hamilton May 26, 2020 at 9:56 PM Nice to see you writing again, look what happens you write.. you win easy like that. congrats Sandy on a nice win!

Silent One May 25, 2020 at 5:26 PM I think 2020 should be cancelled.... It's been the strangest year for s long and most devastating..

Paula Goldsmith May 25, 2020 at 5:02 PM Congratulations on your win. What a 2020 year so far. Hope it end on a great note. Enjoy your win and day.......

Aditi Mishra May 25, 2020 at 2:25 PM Indeed! I believe that time will soon come when this year will be back to life lost in the pages of our history to turn back and remember our lessons. Congratulations on your win Sandra :)

John Gondolf May 25, 2020 at 12:19 PM Back with congrats on your win, Sandy. Hugs, John

Janice Canerdy May 25, 2020 at 10:16 AM Sandra, CONGRATS on your well-deserved win! The last stanza is especially moving! Janice

Gershon Wolf May 24, 2020 at 7:51 PM Hindsight IS 20/20... And ain't we got fun?! ~ Gloomy Doomy

John Gondolf May 24, 2020 at 11:17 AM Sandy, your thoughts on 2020 are true for so many of us, just passing time, waiting to get past this, and being able to look back on a time we would really like to forget. We are all in this together, stay safe my friend. Hugs, John

Vijay Pandit May 24, 2020 at 7:00 AM I like your take on the 2020 theme (2020 hindsight)..when we look back it will be a sad chapter in our history. Glad to see you back--writing poetry, Sandy.

Caren Krutsinger May 23, 2020 at 10:04 PM This is EXACTLY WRITE: "as we sit inside looking out watching nothing but time passing by" PERFECTLY describes what we are living through right now Sandra