Susan Birch Poems

Ah Leontes, burdened with Othello's taint
Denounces wife and friend, abandons restraint
And thereby loses all. In jealousy's thrall
Friendship is broken, wife and son lost to death's pall
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Out there, somewhere, there are others.
Survivors like me. Will we, one day, see
A return to sanity?
The world was bought and sold long ago
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Creator of the Universe
Did you dream us?
Are we a figment of your infinite vision,
Or are we at odds with your intent?
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Thief and harbinger,
Battlefield scavenger.
Prophesy's messenger,
Spectator of doom.
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Bitter days of winter chill
And doomed hope are here again.
Shattered dreams revisited by custom's will
Resolve,
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Let your footstep be gentle on this Earth,
Let your mind discern what has and has not worth.
Let your heart hold true to humanity,
Let your eyes rise to the stars with humility.
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In a time before time
When Earth was one great forest
Encompassing oceans,
An elder race,
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When I was very young, each book I read
was another rung on the ladder to a world
I secretly built in my head.
A quiet middle child, I lived in my mind.
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