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Reflections That Reside
Reflections That Reside
Innumerable Cumulus clouds gather just up o’er the green hill
Considerable quiet lathers the air as my heart begins to fill
Formidable resolve tethers me to the place I’m lingering on the window sill
Forgivable sins repeat the circuit and relieve me of my iron will
A small repentant afterthought claims it’s steak inside my mind
I almost fall resplendent in the juggernaut of feelings that I find
Standing tall among the prevalent moments of doubt I remain refined
When it all remains like a defendant standing brave among the blind
I see children starving at the edges of abomination in the name of humanity
I see men standing on the ledges of their own attempts to avoid suicide among all the profanity
I see women begging for the bombs to stop awash in the depravity
I fear that it all will remain like time forgot to stop the repetition of this insanity
When things were light and I used to smile for the entire day
There’d be delight and I could revile in inconsequential play
Now there’s no respite from the suffering as I fear I’ve lost my way
As the insight from the introspection affects everything I say
Abolishing racism and colonialist beliefs that oppress the people
Have made things even graver as they take refuge in the steeple
Polishing my urge to save her while they contest what is classed as lethal
Admonishing the conversation while they continue to conceal
I retreat back to the clouds to take a break from all the slaughter
Then repeat the smoking of the shrouds as he sells off his teenage daughter
I’ll linger long and play it loud as I miss my longed for laughter
Because the haughty and the proud keep taking coins from the local pastor
So bleak in my reflections of a society that is lost
I speak in reverent genuflections as I think about the cost
Of having wayward turns of bad intentions that manifest as spiritual frost
Ill try to burn the condescensions as I stand up and take it all upon my cross
The End Copyright Elizabeth Moroz
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Elizabeth Moroz
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