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SEEING. THROUGH

Roger Gay 1949 (Nottingham, UK)

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  Does the sun stop shining
   When obscured by a cloud?

   So kind deeds and thoughts
   And beautiful words
   Seem any less kind
   Welcome, admired
   When gifted by someone
   From another place,
   Another race?

   Does the sun stop shining
   When obscured by a cloud?

   Does love stop being love
   Or lose its strength
   When battered and bruised
   By forces that appear,
   Uninvited,
   Unexpected,
   From elsewhere?

   Does the sun stop shining
   When obscured by a cloud?

About this poem

I was thinking about how much the World is full of lovely kind people ,from all over the World, all nationalities , all races, all colours, all circumstances, all shapes and sizes, all beliefs , all opinions , all talents, all…..., and yet so full of prejudice, misunderstanding, hate….and ( once again!) asked myself “WHY?”

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Written on March 06, 2023

Submitted by roger.gay1 on March 20, 2023

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Scheme AB xxxxxcc AB xxxxddx AB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 502
Words 93
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 7, 2, 7, 2
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