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Barry Gruenberg Poem
Awakening to the shout of the sun
Animals scurry in the underbrush
As I step out, barefooted, into the damp grass.
Alive and blood coursing
Through my veins, I am
Astonished at how fresh I feel.
All aglow with red cheeks shining
And now I hesitate as
My memory fills with all the cares I carry
But the birdsong is too much for me
And I begin to hum along with them.
A lone human voice
Joining the concert that is Nature
In all its delight and wonder.
Why should I burden this beautiful dawn
With all that so often weighs on me?
The joy of the day is greater than
Anything that we contrive
To distract us from the music of the firmament.
The eager embrace of the warm sun
And the anticipation of the possibility of
All that is to come.
I dance to the possible
To the unknown and unforeseen, whatever it may be.
To live is to see with constant wonder
What we never knew could be.
Copyright © Barry Gruenberg | Year Posted 2014
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Barry Gruenberg Poem
I creep into the light
Carefully and without clarity as to my final destination.
Along the road I see the hearts
Of those who were not swift
Enough
To avoid the jaws of
Creatures who fed on them
A wet rock sliding down
The banks of the shore
Into the crashing waves that
Toss it up
Into the clear air for moments
Before descending back into the maelstrom
How I yearn for that momentary clarity
That hides between crashing waves of doubt and turmoil.
The air opens my lungs to pure energy
My heart flutters and caroms
Within my chest
As some unknowable ray
Pierces the cloud of confusion
And provides a moment of
Peaceful Acceptance
Copyright © Barry Gruenberg | Year Posted 2014
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Barry Gruenberg Poem
Sun rising
Over the rampant seas
Clouds opening to reveal
The armies mustering
Preparing for death and decimation
They march steadily forward
Into the maws of
Misguided patriotism
As those they love
Wonder what
And why
Copyright © Barry Gruenberg | Year Posted 2014
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