Maria Shaw Poems

Her beauty was second to none
like a butterfly she flitted by
as man with a net did chase
hoping to capture her heart.
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She lived in the mountains wild and free
with her closest friends and family
she ate from the land, she reared her young,
life was bliss until man came along.
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'What do you want to eat' he said
I saw the dark glint in his eyes
I knew whatever the choice I made
would be wrong and would cause a fight.
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Governments shake bloodied hands
keeping the people under command
the more they protest the worse it gets
and then they call it civil unrest.
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I tasted paradise
sweet nectar of life

I ate of the fruits
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Sitting Bull stood his ground
he refused to sell his sacred land.

Respected by his people
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I have a dream
of freedom, peace, equality,
where man will love his neighbor
sharing land
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Gypsy eyes hypnotize
I drown in oceans sea
lured to forbidden places
my heart, my soul so weak.
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Jealousy completely overwhelmed me
I drove love away in awe of my constant insecurity.

I loved too deeply, I clung too tight,
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The queen, the bishops,
rooks, knights and pawns,
all protecting the king on the board
who protects the pawns?
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