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Pavement cracks

Pavement cracks

Day 291:Random thoughts from my phone: Hope is invincible.

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Philippe du Col
Jul 15, 2024
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Looking down, pavement cracks,

grief turns into rage,

rage runs with no place to hide

and Joy is gone with the pain

which is never invincible.

Nothing changes, except the kingfisher

who sees castle walls and laughs:

Can your grief be hidden from me?

When he climbs a tree, he knows he can fall, nose first,

in a dive, in control.

I…

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