Sunday, November 29, 2015

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a flicker of hope
all we need to steer our course -
hatred a dark void

a dark void hatred
insatiable hunger feeds -
birds twitter again

twitter again birds -
the morning comes in measured
notes song unending
© gillena cox 2015


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33 comments:

Anonymous said...

True!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Thotpurge

much love...

Mary said...

Yes, we must keep our eyes on that flicker of hope!

Sanaa Rizvi said...

No doubt a flicker of hope can help steer our path away from a dark & undesired void.
Have a lovely weekend Gillena :D


Lots of love,
Sanaa

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Mary

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for linking up Sanaa

much love...

Jae Rose said...

Very effective word play and a song that really lingers :)

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Jae

much love...

Sumana Roy said...

Hatred is indeed the dark void....

Mascha said...

True soulful poem!
Have a blessed new week

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Mascha

much love...

brudberg said...

Oh please give me shelter from that dark wind.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Hatred is a dark ditch that thankfully most of us do not want to fall in....well said, Gillena.

Gillena Cox said...

Surely Bjorn a worthy plea
thanks for dropping by

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Sherry

much love...

Donna@LivingFromHappiness said...

Beautiful...and it is that hope I cling to!

tonispencer said...

I do like how this wraps around itself. And hatred is indeed a dark void, a ditch. Happy Advent to you. A good reminder of Light and Love.

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Donna

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Toni

much love...

Blogoratti said...

Hope is all we need in this present day and time. A great piece indeed!

Truedessa said...

A candle or flicker of hope is needed in the world

Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger said...

Hope and stillness--beautiful--this just shines

Old Egg said...

Looking forward to this season of promise has lasted over two thousand years, what a blessed consistency.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Blogoratti

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed Trudessa indeed

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Audrey

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

"a blessed consistency."
i like that phrase

Thanks for dropping in Robin

much love...

Anonymous said...

I think I like the last verse the best. Nice to meet your work.

humbird said...

hatred...unwillingness to look at world through someone else's eyes....hope we are able to stretch and reach the hand of our closest neighbor....

Rajesh said...

Beautiful.

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you pviljoen

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation humbird

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped on Rajesh

Much love...