Oh Look! Oh Look!
what has become —
a world full of people
fearful and numb.
Panic has punctured
a hole in our culture
in the home of the brave
and the land of the free.
Fearing ourselves
fearing each other
fearing the world
with no place to cover.
Inside and alone
outside pass a hearse —
neighbors and loved ones
becoming a curse.
No bombs no missiles
not even a rocket
has shut down the world
and unplugged the socket.
Frenzy stricken politicians
singin’ doomsday
and blues are preachin’
making the lowly and the smug
scared and sickened by a bug.
‘Tis fear of ourselves
and fear of each other
suspicion and fear
that kill us and smother.
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©Yakira Shimoni Fulks
March 21, 2020 | OC, California
The Night Before Doomsday | Thoughts Like Rivers
Kira, absolutely brilliant poem. So powerful and a true assessment of what’s going on!
Beautifully put and apropos for what’s going on in our world today! Love the artwork a splash of brightness inside the darkness of chaos around us. 🙏🌺
There’s nothing better than poetry written of the very moment, and more importantly, relevant to every single one of us on the planet at this strange time…..and you’ve just gone and done exactly that. Bravo!
Kira. Such a beautiful way of heralding our current state of our world as we speak! Brilliantly written and announced! Thank you!
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A very relevant write to what is happening to our world right now
Everyone feared nuclear bombs but forgot about what nature can do…so well described in this what I really like is in the telling that is factual, simple and straight forward but in a rhythmical poetic series of lines
Yet sensing the emotions behind this but held in check
Well done: @Kira (Yakira) Fulks
Congratulations Kira! So well deserved! Like a, “hear ye hear ye! Read all about it!”, cry without mentioning the cause yet getting the message across! Brilliant! ❤🌹⭐️👍😉 ……….☕️
Man has to face the fact that in spite of all our progress in nearly every conceivable field,man is crying like a babe in the woods .
Congrats for a brilliant depiction of the corona times.How helpless we are. Congrats for The Destiny Rose choice✍
Here I would request that all winners be rewarded with a certificate of our moderator achievement.🙏Will Have to make a request to Destiny Rose
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