Here's a Creative Corner round-up of three poems.
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Alone
Santiago Botero
Like a wandering animal,
alone in a concrete jungle so admirable,
striving to be adaptable,
trying to become acceptable,
noise...
Listen
with tears carving lines down our faces
we are saying sorry
we are watching rocks fall down cliffs
we are kneeling under a cross with our sins...
Truth sometimes
behaves like an animal
before those
who would treat her so
Truth sometimes
bends over backward
in submission
to a flag
Truth sometimes
has to flee or be
carried in a suitcase
Truth...
Glittering, shining, a promise, a hope
The sunlight of a new dawn, new
day, new startings
Bathing me in light, in serenity,
numbing peace
Washing and cleaning of all...
The tinkle of a broken glass hangs in the air
Long after it’s smashed, damaged and broken
The yelling, the screaming, all the fake gleaming
Were given...