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Somewhere A stream flows pink with blood; A forest screams, A village burns, A tear seals a coffin. Somewhere A bride is dressed in white; A baby is conceived, Violets bloom in a front yard Defying war. Somewhere A soldier yearns for the gentle lotion Of love Only a wife can give. Somewhere A ray of goodness Struggles against suppression: Reaching, as truth limps away On crushed toes. Somewhere Someone is sowing the seeds of hate; The pain of it bruises the soul, The rage of it prepares for Perpetual resurrection. Somewhere Humanity staggers down a lonely street Pushed by deaths chant; A hungry child weeps, Hate smiles upon the tears. Somewhere While a mother prays for food, She hears rage preaching. Somewhere the violets have disappeared And so has a soul. Sandy Lulay, originally from Woodstock, New York, is a resident of Stuart, Florida. Lulay is an "Original Woodstock Girl" who has been writing poetry since age ten. Many of her poems have been published both in Woodstock and Stuart's Sleeping Bear Review. She is currently working on a collection of poems that express the true soul of Woodstock, America's first art colony. Please, DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans, which will seek permission from the author. This material is copyrighted, © Sandy Lulay 2001. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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