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Writing by Samuel Pye

Elders

Elders

I take aim,
at the elders again,
only to find their suffering and pain,
their virtue runs deep,
my fists hit the air,
my tears fail to fall,
violence runs dry,
sorrow with the heat,
cool rivers calm molten land,
they stretch their branches from the banks,
equal proportions,
both sides,
lifted free,

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