Our Shared Beating Heart Poem by Jim Yerman

We marched for peace again on Sunday…and from the very start….
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our footsteps on the ground made the sound of a beating heart.
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The march ended at a park…around a drum circle where…
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we were reminded that a beating heart is something we all share.
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It matters not the color of our skin…our country of origin…if we have different names
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for every person on this Earth…our heartbeat is the same.
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We all share this gift of life…which in itself is fleeting
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but hatred…bigotry and war can stop a healthy heart from beating
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I wish I knew the answer….how long it takes to create….
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for a heart born out of love…to fill itself with hate.
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We marched for peace…for same reason we have marched before…
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to hope and pray that no-one ever again…marches off to war.
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Because in our minds it's simple…war and hatred and bigotry would cease
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If everybody with the same heartbeat…marched together for peace
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