Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted December 17, 2018


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A Song in the Air

by michaelcahill

happy holidays
that is all
we seek
 
we wish to escape
the specter of death
and hopelessness
 
we care not what name
the holiday has
just that it is the season
of holidays
 
is shelter a miraculous present
 
a meal that fills our
children's empty tummies
… that would be a feast
 
the storybook tells
of the lady with the light
who welcomes all
to freedom
… to equality
 
we all huddle here
a mass yearning
to be free
of fear
 
do we return to the soldiers
we fled from
or face the soldiers
who greet us
 
how foolish
to bond hope
to a myth--
 
but in the distance
we see lights
and we hear singing
 
the music is beautiful
we wonder …
what is it about?


 

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