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all human (for Orlando)

June 12, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

orlando skyline

I write in dedication to lives lost, injured, and affected in anyway in the tragic event that took place not 4 miles from my home in Orlando at 2 am this morning. May peace be with you all.

Red hue of summer’s
Morning haze encapsulates
Us in frightened gaze.

Dead, who did nothing
Wrong, now lay, necessitate
Us to think and pray.

Said who, say it loud!
Yell your say, invalidate
Their thoughts that we’re frayed.

Shred through write now, with
Our words assimilate.
All human, all same.

 

image taken by Bill Dickinson

my site: poetrydivided

 

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: change, club, death, florida, guns, haiku, LGBT, loss, mass-shooting, night club, orlando, poem, poet, poetry, pray, Pulse, reflection, rhyme, shooting, terrorism, violence, write, writer, writing

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  1. Ryn says

    June 12, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    Very moving and poignant tribute ❤

    Reply
  2. June Griffin says

    June 13, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Thank you for that lovely poem. June

    Reply

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