Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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A SAFETY FOLD
Doors, window, roofs, silence,
Our safety shields, our barriers.
Keepers, containers from defiance,
Cozy spaces to dwell in our thoughts.
All necessary; caves, roofs, silence.
A wish for all to dwell in peace,
Living without stem of violence.
A caution to winds of rage!
Your being is mere existence.
Helpless our plight, thus we must
Don our hard hats, roofs, silence
A SAFETY FOLD © gillena cox 2019


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Midweek Motif ~ Safety


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18 comments:

  1. SusanAugust 7, 2019 at 11:14 AM

    I haven't found my hard hat yet, though I've found some of the other spaces you mention. I like the suggestion that we can defiantly construct means to safety as resilient peaceful people.

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  2. Jae RoseAugust 7, 2019 at 11:41 AM

    I love your exploration of the prompt

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 7, 2019 at 12:30 PM

    Yes, those closing lines! Hard hats and roofs needed. Peace - needed even more.

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  4. Gillena CoxAugust 7, 2019 at 3:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Susan

    Much❤🕊❤

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  5. Gillena CoxAugust 7, 2019 at 3:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Jae

    Much❤🕊❤

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  6. Gillena CoxAugust 7, 2019 at 3:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sherry

    Much❤🕊❤

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  7. MarjaAugust 7, 2019 at 4:34 PM

    Doors, window, roofs, silence,
    Our safety shields, our barriers.
    Keepers, containers from defiance
    Love that So true and love the last line

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  8. Gillena CoxAugust 7, 2019 at 4:43 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Marja

    Much❤🕊❤

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  9. LoriAugust 7, 2019 at 5:09 PM

    Silence as a safety shield. I think the world might be a safer place if some of the talking heads practiced a bit more of that thinking before speaking.

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2019 at 7:07 AM

      Thamks for your appreciation Lori

      Much❤🕊❤love

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  10. Sumana RoyAugust 7, 2019 at 9:29 PM

    Safety still lives in both the external as well as the internal world. We need to find them. Nicely put.

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2019 at 7:08 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Sumana

      Much❤🕊❤love

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  11. Old EggAugust 8, 2019 at 2:24 AM

    Human greed is our undoing as we have always suffered from our fellow inhabitants lust for wealth and power. However we are now destroying other living creatures to extinction, the wild animals, fish, trees, icecaps and even rivers are dammed and water used for our greedy purposes and profit. We have no idea how to co-exist on the planet
    as we are so blind.

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  12. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2019 at 7:09 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Robin

    Much ❤🕊❤love

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  13. purplepeninportland.comAugust 9, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    Love the direction this poem took. Beautiful write!

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  14. Gillena CoxAugust 11, 2019 at 9:37 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sara

    Much ❤🕊❤love

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  15. Sallie (FullTime-Life)August 11, 2019 at 3:39 PM

    How Pretty!

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  16. Gillena CoxAugust 12, 2019 at 6:30 AM

    Thanjs for dropping by Sallie

    Much❤🕊❤love

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