Elizabeth Padillo Olesen Poems

Blessed Be the Lonely on Earth

Loneliness, loneliness, loneliness!
It is something we feel,
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So it has forced itself to enter into our world
as a beast that devours lives by thousands
separating us from our loved ones
depriving us to see our beloved on their death beds;
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On the Sands of Time, I Place my Print

Sands on the ground are below our feet,
They are there before we were born
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Man works throughout life
from childhood to adulthood.
He builds his place in heaven
sitting leap years in classrooms
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Riding on a lonely sea
Of being not wanted
Of being not asked
Of being not listened to
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What makes you
stand erect and content,
silent and majestic,
undisturbed by the noise of time?
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Such a courage
you have displayed
in confronting forces of tyranny
You say no to corruption,
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They are scars in history
of wars and deaths
of violence and misdeeds
of sense of duty and endless guilt.
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In my dark hours of doubt
and dark moments of fear,
I beseech you, dear Lord,
to grant me courage to be.
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We're all on a journey
on a journey of human arrogance
looking at ourselves as the best
and others as animals and pests
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