Take Time
overtake time
through the lens of love
time evaporates
childhood sweethearts
stay in sync
to conquer time
eye of memory
time appropriates
reimagine
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At War
Prologue
She could hear the planes coming closer and
closer
She raced to keep ahead of the sound
Ear splitting debilitating
she spied a tree enclosure
dove
hurling herself to the ground
at the same time the world seemed to open
up in front of her
She saw a gaping hole where the Earth ended
The sky disappeared
smoke obscured her sight
she vomited
shaking
Closed her eyes
fell asleep
The rain
Awaking
Now she is
walking
the bridge to home
is gone
her knapsack
she thought with relief
was safe
an unopened bottle of water
a plastic bag filled with an assortment of
nuts
she retrieves her umbrella
grabs her warm parka
cannabis stash is safe inside the pockets
She lights up a joint
tears stream down her face
she does a mental inventory
She has $5000 in hundreds and 20s
A plane ticket to another country ?
her country is destroyed
What good will money do
THE ANGEL EDWARDS MUSIC ®
http://www.angeledwards.ca
Beautiful poems Angel. Lovely work. Always evocative if real life
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