“For everything, there is a season and for every season there is a time…” - Ecclesiastes 3
A time to be born
and a time to die
18% of all teens in the us
are killed in car wrecks
A time to plant
and a time to uproot,
A time to kill
and a time to heal,
A time to pull down
and a time to build up,
Los Angeles, 1972, a whispering
whirlwind of dust and fire
A time to weep
and a time to laugh,
A time for mourning
and a time for dancing,
A time to scatter stones
and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace
and a time to refrain from embracing,
A time to seek
and a time to lose,
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor,
And Trayvon Martin among
too many others.
A time to keep
and a time to throw away,
A time to tear
and a time to mend
A time for silence
and a time for speech,
Martin Luther King Junior’s
last words leaving us
on the wings of flightless birds
A time for love
and a time for hate,
A time for war
and a time for peace,
NOW AND FOREVER
About the Creator
Anne Walker
I write personal poetry, short stories, and some political/social commentary on human events happening right now in our lifetime.
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