A Power Within

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How Dim This Sky.


Lay down your guns
your weapons snarl
they maim and rip
like devils teeth,
they tear and kill
my heart it bleeds,
how cold my limbs
I implore your eyes
lay down your guns,
how dim this sky.

Land, air, sea bombarded
with too much ease,
crushed and broken
a Mother pleads,
as buried beneath
with face of tears,
place down your guns
I plead this military might,
It’s not too late
to stop this fight.

Place down your guns
refuse this fight.
how dim this sky
the ends in sight

How dim this sky. 

Gaza October 2023.
Susie Hemingway 2023

Stay And Sleep.

 

four trees - winter 2007

I can hear him sleeping
I can hear the storm
it’s fierce ebony clouds
scudding, the yellow flashes
spend themselves against
my window pane.
Trees crashed, branches fell
and my heart no longer knew it’s way.

 

Still he slept, his
gentle breathing at odds with the
violence that shook my soul,
can you hear the storm?
is it inside your realm
is it beyond your pain
is it beyond mine.

 

The sky lit and intruded
into my domain,
it’s clear shadows against my walls
a dark mark against my heart.
Wake and listen
do not enter that sphere
no, stay and sleep
quieten my province.

 

Stay and sleep…

 

*A Care-givers Poem.

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