A Distant Thunder
The early morning hours
were dark and gray
people hurried from homes without power
to some refuge far away;
tears shed profuse and tragic
freedom is a reality that never seems to last
despite their efforts and their pleas pelagic
autocratic leaders seek their powers deeply cast;
unilateral tragedies and inhumanity forever return
beneath the rubble of smoke and dust
until democracy and freedom, all hope is burned
submissive to a dictator's lust;
when you hear and see the smoke and the fires
a distant rumble drags each of us
into the darkness of the quagmire.
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