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March 2024
 
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At The Gates Of Heavenly Peace

In remberance

by Richard Tornello


Alone,
do you really stand defiant?
if only for a second.
the cameras iris, quantum communication
ccd catches a remembrance,
would rather be lost and forgotten.

did you stop them?
over 160 tons, Gandhi like
for a second arms down
facing the dragon
for a second
by the cameras early light

stopped in their tracks
stopped by the cameras lens
stopped for a second

They fear that,
They fear you.


© 2009 Richard Tornello

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