Amidst the Storm (a poem)
So many saw it coming but ignored the warning signs. (a follow-up to my 2016 poem The Coming Storm)
So many saw it coming but ignored the warning signs. (a follow-up to my 2016 poem The Coming Storm)
Foreign governments, bots, trolls, scammers, and paid actors are attempting and, in some cases, succeeding in undermining our country by further dividing us.
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I stand tall, proud,
find strength in who I am,
inspired by my ancestors.
Sometimes we, as artists, hold our creations close to the vest when they are meant to be released into the wild, to find new life and horizons beyond their creators.
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We have all known the narcissistic bully on the playground. For those of us who have lived long enough to see how those stories pan out, we have seen the pain, fear, and self-doubt that many of those bullies were dealing with under the surface.
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I walked out of the din, wandered into the yard. I never thought performing would be so damned hard.
hand in hand, we left that day, together, come rain or shine.
the longer i live, the more i see, it’s true that love is blind.
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