Notes About The Poem

we meet to discuss peace while rattling the sabers of war.

There Is a Darkness

There Is A Darkness

there is a darkness
stalks us all

denials damsel
in distress
				
seeking refuge
 in feigned faith

blanketed
in folds
of fate.

There is a darkness
seeking light
within the crease
of creeping night

devoid
of metronomic pace
subsisting on
discarded grace.

There is a darkness
humankind
looming over
peace

nothing
	  learned

nothing
	    to teach


John G. Lawless
©2/4/2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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June 24, 2018 at 12:17 AM
John, you paint black very well!
Turner Avatar
June 23, 2018 at 4:55 PM
Indeed. We should learn from the past not try to erase it. Powerful write, John!
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June 23, 2018 at 9:40 AM
Bleak. Potent poetry. xomo
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