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Frozen In Your Disdain

"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

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Lisa Ricci March 6, 2017 at 4:43 AM Hello Darren. May love and goodness win every time over hate and evil. May your words and message be heard. Well done throughout. Darren White March 6, 2017 at 4:47 AM Thank you, Lisa, we all need hope.

Pashang Salehi March 5, 2017 at 6:42 PM Magnificent ...... Darren White March 5, 2017 at 10:44 PM Thank you so much Pashang!

Sunlite Wanter March 5, 2017 at 6:35 PM Just so beautiful! Best poetry I've read tonight. Darren White March 5, 2017 at 10:44 PM That's a huge compliment, thank you!

Claudia Polydoro March 5, 2017 at 6:13 PM loved it <3 - beautifully writen :) Darren White March 5, 2017 at 10:43 PM Thanks Clau <3 :)

Arthur Vaso March 5, 2017 at 4:48 PM Very beautiful Darren! Darren White March 5, 2017 at 10:42 PM Thanks Art, thanks for the quote :)

Agnes Krampe March 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM Beautiful and strong images, Darren! Darren White March 5, 2017 at 2:44 PM Thank you Agnes!

Carolyn Devonshire March 5, 2017 at 1:25 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! Darren White March 5, 2017 at 2:43 PM Carolyn, if it were only true, weren't it? Such a wonderful simple solution!

Sara Ella March 5, 2017 at 9:04 AM Planting seeds of love - yes! You set the example :) Darren White March 5, 2017 at 9:07 AM Yes :) Away with hate.

Tim Smith March 5, 2017 at 8:17 AM We need to stop hate before grows by smothering it with love Darren White March 5, 2017 at 9:06 AM Yeah, I had it written out as a draft on my blog, but even that was gone.... Tim Smith March 5, 2017 at 8:36 AM I hate when that happens :( Darren White March 5, 2017 at 8:20 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 :)