New Now With Confusion DissolverA Poem by Brett Hernan
When, at first, planting the seeds, brought as, imperative cargo and sailed from the royal finger directed decree, To the place Where it appeared only logical to address everyone else, as, ‘mate’, as they had to have been the ship-mate of another. Everyone, around here, surely, had been. On the voyage Only any one of them were okay to be, 'mate'. To stand among those who today,
being on the ground upon which, you stood There, to learn, of a tragedy, and that, of a
Hemisphere’s proportion.
The response dictating That, the seeds, When planted All failed
At the beginning of an unknown winter. A denied brother, You have now Decided to accept Whom, despite
you, Now, never again, Ever despising, For the colour Of their skin, Alone, you Must. always remember. Each time you see. You once mortally wounded.
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1 Review Added on September 5, 2017 Last Updated on September 5, 2017 AuthorBrett HernanHobart, Tasmania, AustraliaAboutLow-resolution sample only. Born 1968. All of the images accompanying each of these written works are my own. (Except that one of the guy putting a flower into a soldier's rifle barrel!) more..Writing
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