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Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starvation, disease, economic piracy

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How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.
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Disease Earthquake Peace Sky Smoldering War
If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.
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Birthday Cake Cognac Icing Kindness Life Smeared
The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured.
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Cross Endure Heavier More Sincere Soul Strength
Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.
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Bright Broken Heart Inside Moon Power Restore
Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.
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Beautiful Grief Introduce Pain Rainbow Reflection
I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself
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Baptism Choices Flaming Forced Ink Poet Recognizing Shed
Nation-building is never a ‘done deal’ confined to history already established.
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Building Established History Humanity Justice Nation Patriotic
As sad as it may be to admit, in our modern world people are far more accustomed to hearing news of war, genocide, murder, disasters, famine, and disease
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Admit Hear Modern News Sad War
In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.
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Beneath Entire Eye Flower Garden Knowledge Moonlit Rich Terrified
The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.
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Condem Fate Humanity Later Often Save Sooner Voting
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
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Bridge Construction Dream Leading Path Purpose Silver Wing
Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.
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Assailant Black Brother Fallen Maimed Million Son Tear
What they suffered from was not mental debilitation, but personal and communal ignorance of psychic reality.
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Careful Debilitation Disorder Mental Revealed Studies Suffered Time
To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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Aggravate Heal Injury Nation Opposed Wound
Still willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
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Century Eliminate Invest Petry Still Unlikely War Willing
Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer
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Begin Complication Dubious Fated Generally Soul

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