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Can you stand

When there's demand

By barry bohannonPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
Photography Barry Bohannon

Can you stand

When there’s demand

Can you believe

When you don’t achieve

Can you achieve

When you do not believe

Will you be around

When the baby makes a sound

Can you face the storm

When it comes in a swarm

Will you be

What they can see

Will you protect

Or neglect

When you hear Dad

Will it be happy or sad

Will you run in the sun

Or die on the run

Will you be the spark

In their dark

Will they see you

Or never get what’s due

Will you stand

When there’s demand

performance poetry

About the Creator

barry bohannon

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