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1/15 Poem of the Month
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Comedy
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5/16 Poem of the Month

                                            Erica

I saw a man’s heart today;

It was right in front of me…

An innocent question exposed it:

“How have you been feeling?”

Then a tormented father spoke:

“It has been nearly impossible since my daughter’s death”

I did not know his daughter,

Soon though, I saw how much he did;

It was impossible to miss it,

He was proud of her, she was successful,

She would always be his little girl…

She took up so much of his heart;

You just knew it was crushed.

For a moment I felt a rush of guilt,

Why had I asked this question?

It was as if I started all the pain again;

Then I realized, that kind of pain is always present,

My question only revealed it…

We always hear of senseless random acts of violence,

Shootings and such for no apparent reasons;

It makes us cringe, it unsettles us,

We ponder the pain and loss.

Today, unexpectedly, from an innocent question,

I had a taste of the loss;

What it is like to succumb to the senseless,

It was such a helpless frustration to see this man,

To witness his suffering, knowing,

Knowing, just as I could not stop the bullet,

I could not stop the pain…

         ©  Joseph James

                 5/5/16

 

 

 

 

 

 


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