Frozen In Your Disdain

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"Goodness is like hate
Both grow from seeds"
- Arthur Vaso

I kneel on you
Red earth
like the blood
flowing
in your veins

Blue cold as 
your eyes
Beautiful
and skipping
Like dragonflies
on water
and lilies

I am frozen
In your disdain
Diminished 
In your contempt

Beneath my
withered hand
Thump thump
of your heart

Whistles soft
as a breeze
to thaw
my starved lungs

I dig a small hole
in your red earth
To plant my seed
of love
And smother your hate

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March 5, 2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 3/6/2017 4:43:00 AM
Hello Darren. May love and goodness win every time over hate and evil. May your words and message be heard. Well done throughout.
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Darren White
Date: 3/6/2017 4:47:00 AM
Thank you, Lisa, we all need hope.
Date: 3/5/2017 6:42:00 PM
Magnificent ......
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 10:44:00 PM
Thank you so much Pashang!
Date: 3/5/2017 6:35:00 PM
Just so beautiful! Best poetry I've read tonight.
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 10:44:00 PM
That's a huge compliment, thank you!
Date: 3/5/2017 6:13:00 PM
loved it <3 - beautifully writen :)
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 10:43:00 PM
Thanks Clau <3 :)
Date: 3/5/2017 4:48:00 PM
Very beautiful Darren!
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 10:42:00 PM
Thanks Art, thanks for the quote :)
Date: 3/5/2017 2:30:00 PM
Beautiful and strong images, Darren!
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 2:44:00 PM
Thank you Agnes!
Date: 3/5/2017 1:25:00 PM
Oh, Darren, if only we could plant such a seed and banish hate. Your poem is compelling and there has never been a time when we needed to plant seeds of love more than today. Thank you for sharing this gem!
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 2:43:00 PM
Carolyn, if it were only true, weren't it? Such a wonderful simple solution!
Date: 3/5/2017 9:04:00 AM
Planting seeds of love - yes! You set the example :)
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 9:07:00 AM
Yes :) Away with hate.
Date: 3/5/2017 8:17:00 AM
We need to stop hate before grows by smothering it with love
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 9:06:00 AM
Yeah, I had it written out as a draft on my blog, but even that was gone....
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Tim Smith
Date: 3/5/2017 8:36:00 AM
I hate when that happens :(
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Darren White
Date: 3/5/2017 8:20:00 AM
I might use smother instead of kill... I believe that's what I originally had. But my pc froze and I lost it all.... So frustrated :)
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