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sometimes
i remember how
mum danced with dad in the kitchen
t'was so sweet
a gentler time secure and simple
childhood free from war and strife
thank god
times change
more catastrophe
war imminent on the middle
eastern front
all of us will be affected
adversely this time- when will
it end
The second poem is a reminder that all is not sweet. But I love the peace that flows in the first.
ReplyDelete"a gentler time" Sigh. Yes, thank God some of us had untroubled childhoods. Parents dancing is a great image--I had that too.
ReplyDeleteI love the first stanza which took me back to a simpler time. The second reminds us where we are now. The contrast is staggering. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI love the image of parents dancing in the kitchen in a simpler time. Peaceful! Today's news in the Middle East is just the opposite!
ReplyDeleteBleaks days indeed -thankful for sweet memories.
ReplyDeleteA great juxtaposition between these two writes. Nicely done.
ReplyDeletechildhood free from war and strife... looking around the world now, feels like such a privilege, that thing we just took for granted...sigh...
ReplyDeleteIt’s powerful, the way you captured that treasured moment and peaceful times in the first poem, Rall, and the contrast with the second poem.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a memory of parents dancing, how sweet, especially against the backdrop of today's news which is unrelentingly bleak.
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