,
and so we walk on by
without learning their stories,
their former glories,
their names.
we look at the side
-walk.
our phones. the sky.
anywhere
but their soulful eyes.
what if we bent
(empty-handed, open
-hearted) and let them
know they’re seen?
what a different world
this might still be.
PAD Challenge, day 6.
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Oh I hope so! We SO badly need this!
Or at least I do
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I know I do.
That break and hyphen in “side
-walk” – So much meaning in that.
Really well written take on an unfortunate, sad reality.
Thanks so much. I loves me some cool enjambment.