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World of Worlds
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Sunday, May 12, 2024    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- A World of Worlds --

by John Herlihy

 

A world unforgiving,

With everyone to blame.

A world forgiving,

With no one to blame.

 

A world of frowns,

Expressive of death.

A world of smiles,

Expressive of mirth.

 

A world of misery,

Full of despair.

A world of sorrow,

Bereft of prayer.

 

A world of loss,

With nothing to own.

A world of desolation,

Where nothing has grown.

 

A world without compassion,

Where no one is kind.

A world without reason,

With everyone out of mind.

 

A world of friends,

I can no longer abide.

A world of strangers,

With whom I reside.

 

A world of the young,

No longer grateful.

A world of the old,

No longer faithful.

 

A world in a day,

Filled with dim light.

A world of darkness,

Fill with moonlight.

 

A world of sound,

Noise and clatter abound.

A world of silence,

With every breath profound.

 

A world of worlds,

Of such miraculous birth.

A world without name,

Let it be called Earth.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Friday 5 March 2024


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Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on June 18, 2024
AND THANK GOD FOR THIS WORLD, OUR WORLD, NOT MADE BY HANDS...ON WHICH WE ARE MERCIFULLY KEPT AND SUSTAINED...UNTIL HE RETURNS, AMEN. WONDERFUL! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 12, 2024
Yes, the many views we have of our world. It is all of those things and more that we do not understand or see. You have brought that to our attention with your rhymes today.

The one thing that Carl Sagan made abundantly clear when he called ours a "pale blue dot." Our world is unique and there may not be another one like us the whole universe. We have to protect and maintain world and stop destroying for wealth and fame. It's a simple request he had that we all should take heart.

As Satchmo so gravelly sung… "… It's a wonderful world…"

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on May 12, 2024
Interesting play on words and with much insight as to what we should all reflect on and give thanks in our own inimitable way to the creation or creator...such a choice.


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