Ernesto Barca Biography

Ash clouds float
In scattered slants of light,
Like flies in a frozen breach,
Blankets of black cotton pad the ground
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When time stands still life peaks they say,
As time is forgotten in joy and play,
With eyes wide bright and lips stretched tight,
Those glittering pebbles of tiny white,
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She smiles and giggles
Like a child with a toy,
Tongue-pierced lips guide a path to joy
Kissing around and side-to-side,
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Go forth my son on paths untrod,
Keep chin and spirit high,
Tink'r with destiny and gaze not down
And soon your wings will fly.
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Raise your head, lift up your chin and look forward.

Do not shrink into the darkness,
Kneel not to the martinet,
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