Perspectives

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    Perspectives

    Commitment.... Save it for my brother
    You know the one
    He picks from the garbage, and sleeps
    In a card board box

    Hope.... Save it for my daughter
    You know the one
    She lies in a hospital bed
    Waiting to die
    The miracle cure she so
    Desparately needs
    Will not come from medication
    That she will receive
    But from a strangers touch of compassion

    Love.... Save it for my people
    You know the ones
    They struggle for knowledge
    To understand
    Life isn't about the color of their skin
    Or the political boundaries
    In which they live
    Life is about sharing and caring
    And getting along
    Respecting all things great and small

    Faith.... Save it for my conscience
    It lies deep within my mind
    Helping me to become
    The best person I can
    Teaching me to use my full potential
    By sharing myself with the world
    Thus giving me hope
    For a better tomorrow

    Peace.... Save it for my world
    You know the one
    It is dying of a broken heart
    Unable to love
    Unable to care
    Not knowing of the one
    Who can set it free

    Commitment, Hope, Love,
    Faith and Peace
    And the greatest of these
    Is love

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    Insideme commented on Perspectives

    02-07-2011

    I like the way you started with a word then elaborated what came to mind....good stuff lone wolf....

    Madelynn commented on Perspectives

    11-02-2009

    YES! Right on!-I share this ideal! You wrote this perfectly! No dancing around the words,just the truth. I not only enjoy this work,I appreciate it! This message should be published for all to see!-and it should be wrote just exactly as you have written the message here-poetically,brilliant.

    Tempestlady commented on Perspectives

    07-15-2009

    And the greatest of these is love....that kind of says it all. As does this poem. Your words are like a gift from above. The emotion is so intense and vivid. Write on....

    wheelsal commented on Perspectives

    07-04-2009

    Powerful words and well said. I've actually been to Beaver Falls...............................................

    LizE commented on Perspectives

    05-26-2009

    this is an incredible poem really enjoyed it you have an outstanding gift!!!!! Very true, real, and selfless.

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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