A Child Stands

The Tears of Gaia

Wash down over a silent place,
Washing clean our plastic, 
Our Empty cans, our debris,
Tears flowing gently over, 
Humanity’s darkest fruits,

A child stands with her arms outstretched,
Waiting for the winds to change,
Waiting for sun light to break through clouds,
For daylight to kiss tired sleeping skins, 
For Lost Poets, artists, visionaries, story tellers,
Myth makers, alchemists to awaken from their sleep;

She waits;

She waits for Healers to arise from their shallow graves,
For dreamers to dream us a new place, 
For lovers to show us how to kiss again,

For the healed, 

To allow the Tears of Gaia
to flow 
Freely once again.   

John Roberts

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 1/20/2020 10:10:00 AM
Beautifully written, what a vision, a testimony to what the world needs to do for our children.
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Johny Roberts
Date: 1/26/2020 3:31:00 PM
Thank you so much, we need hope.
Date: 1/20/2020 12:42:00 AM
A child stands with her arms outstretched,/ Waiting for the winds to change,/// this the child of hopeful lovely future........../// beautiful poem penned
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Johny Roberts
Date: 1/26/2020 3:32:00 PM
Thank you Mahtab for your lovely words.
Date: 5/23/2019 4:54:00 PM
Hello Johnny Roberts,a child leads the way.So nice to meet you. Welcome to Poetry Soup. A lovely poem. Have a nice evening my friend.I look forward to reading more of your poetry.
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Johny Roberts
Date: 5/29/2019 3:50:00 AM
Thank you so much Darlene Look foreward to read some of your poetry
Date: 5/17/2019 8:23:00 PM
Johny, I started to highlight my favorite parts, but everything was highlighted so this was put onto my FAV list. I am now following you also.
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Johny Roberts
Date: 5/18/2019 2:01:00 AM
Thank you so much caren, i will share some more. Look foreward to reading more of your poetry, i like your style.
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