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Living With the Enemy

Truth’s not just in the beauty of our trees cherry blossom it’s pervading bouquet the falling confetti Truth’s whatever hangs from the tree like branches and fruit perhaps that lynched refugee Truth’s also insidiously part of the tree toxic leaves poison bark spears used in our savagery Truth’s sometimes hidden by the tree shallow roots slithery snakes the rotten core we cannot see Truth’s deeply carved into the tree a lovers name the idolised hero our past disgrace of being monkeys Truth’s symbolism comes from the tree a carpenters son the scourging whip’s handle burning cross of supremacy So what truth do we represent to the tree maybe it’s master could be it’s slave More than that! we’re the common enemy By David Kavanagh

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Suzanne Delaney

Date: 7/10/2022 2:32:00 PM

Great portrayal of the light and dark sides of everything thing, David. How blessed if we can only see the bright side. SuZ

David Kavanagh
Date: 7/10/2022 3:35:00 PM

Thank you SuZ if only! Alas human intelligence won’t allow me, I seem to find myself looking for the bigger picture, it ain’t always pretty but I do believe we are all part of eternity, which in return offers infinite possibilities, cheers David

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/13/2022 3:32:00 PM

But who is the enemy David? The man in the street trying to make a living the priest in the church who is a pedofile the policeman who had the autonomy to kill an innocent person, or the spectacled spinster who lives next door who seem to be minding her own business but who is an assassin though provoking write dear friend. Hugs blessings Jennifer

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/13/2022 4:02:00 PM

Heya Jennifer, thank you for stopping by, I believe the enemy are all the gaping truths we don’t want to accept or face, so many everyday things are circumvented and soon resigned to history, but the problem is they keep coming back, we are imo our own worse enemy, accidental human intelligence has us all driven mad, unless it’s not accidental, hmmm! cheers David

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/13/2022 10:20:00 AM

Very thought provoking verse David, I wouldn't argue that mankind with all its faults is indeed the common enemy. Best of luck, only 25 to go, phew. Tom

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/13/2022 10:28:00 AM

It is pretty hard to argue against on the grand scale Tom, I’ve got a few poems on the go I’m struggling with, hopefully I can get them refocused for the marathon, Caren probably has the marathon finished and is already lapping me for fun, cheers David