How long the soil
housed tiny souls, pleas ignored –
crimes leave footprints
Plant a rose for each child
blood red to mark evil’s path.
(Image my own. Poem borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson)
How long the soil
housed tiny souls, pleas ignored –
crimes leave footprints
Plant a rose for each child
blood red to mark evil’s path.
(Image my own. Poem borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson)
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Beautiful words.
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Thanks 🙏
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Ohhh the power in your words VJ
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Thanks Mich.
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Powerful words, VJ! Your roses are lovely.
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Thanks Eugi!
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A poem dripping with POWER. So good VJ. So good!
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Thanks Andrea!
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How long indeed… unconscionable. Very impactful write.
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Thanks Heather. It bothers me that only since they have found the evidence has this become an issue. Those children have been missing for decades.
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It bothers me too. Humanity has a habit of lieing to itself until there is finally nowhere left to hide the truth.
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Well said.
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wow! wonderful poem, VJ! Xx
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Thanks Carol Anne.
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A very powerful use of metaphor.
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Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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