Thursday, December 24, 2020

Lost innocence


Left behind on a cement road block, 
This simple childhood toy 
Makes my heart break: an echo, I suspect, 
Of all the losses sustained this year: 
So many lives, so many livelihoods, 
So much division; so few illusions left. 
May Christmas and the New Year bring 
New hope and a new determination 
To find new and better ways 
To care for and support one another.

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