Friday, April 30, 2021

Ties That Bind

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No consanguinity? No matter.

No tribal, ethnic, religious links?

No problem. Geography, culture?

None? Not to worry. There are values

and emotions intrinsic to human nature

admittedly not shared by all yet common

to us all in the great blueprint after

which flesh and blood were fashioned.

None among us hold death in great

personal esteem and when that Angel

strikes a blow to extinguish not one

nor two or even four lives but two score

and more the departed souls' absence

strikes the hearts of those of gentle

passion for the ties that bind us to life

are sacred. Those who exult at this

misfortune citing tribal enmity represent

the blueprint mutation replacing tender

care for others with spiteful character

corrosion, souls dark with putrid hate.

 

 

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