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Faded Angels
November 7, 2021
Bare walls and faded angels
Heard us crying
When nothing was all right
Hands unheld
Nothing but white stained silence
In the final hour
Straight lace monitors by hospital beds
Beep beep beeping into silence
Too many whitewashed cries
Too many minutes
Have seen us dying
We wished to paint the walls
Dark ebony
Jade purple
Bone mud
Brazen chocolate—
Dark and black.
How many angels
Will it take
To see us flying
Away from here?
© Stephanie M., Port Chester, NY
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SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Nov. 10 2021 at 10:47 am
im really, really sorry.
This isn't really my best poem, but you can see it's clearly about Covid-19. The human side. When I wrote this a few months ago, I did not know that my aunt Gerrie would be struck to her death by this disease. So I am submitting it with a mourful heart. I hope somebody sees it.