Lorna Gero Poems

We love you even though sometimes
you don’t deserve it.
We are your friends, your sisters, your girlfriends,
your wives.
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His heartaches
his soul whimpers
the look of helplessness
a gasping breath of anxiety.
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It was not a message
left from someone for me
or a phone number that I've
been meaning to call.
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Lost in the wilderness
on a dark night.
You try to find a
opening where there is light.
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I trusted you as I have not
trusted anyone. I confess to you
how I felt and you in return
led me to believe you felt the same.
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A gathering of many
woman, men, children.
A spot where they come
to reflect, cry, or share
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Getting over you has been
the hardest thing I had to do.
You are what fairy tales call
“a dream come true.”
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I present to you a woman
who wishes she were not
judged by the color of her
skin and the clothes she wears.
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Our hearts sadden as we read
about the troubled times of years ago.
Our eyes fill with tears as we watch
movies of the brutal lives blacks once
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A moment like this
has been deemed a once in
a life time experience. However I have felt
similiar feelings, dreamt similiar dreams, thought the
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