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Sabrina Shapiro Nov 2024
Oh door to nowhere,
How is your handle so worn
Yet you're out of reach
We were promised the golden age of America by a bronze man with a lead stare

So is it any surprise that the only gold I've seen lately has been from bombs bursting in air over Tel Aviv or from the reflection of the sun setting on our empty ports.

Today is July 4th and we're supposed to wave the red, white, and blue
But how can I when the white people who voted red back the ice cold blue that freezes our economy and expands our divide
We're sending men in tan fatigues to tear apart brown families

I wore those tan fatigues once too
I had a sense of pride in knowing that Uncle Sam wanted me
But now all I see is Uncle Sam's white *** as he turns his back on me and those I served with
He doesn't want us
Us few who found solace under the rainbow
Don't you know there's no honor in a blue soldier turning pink
There's only honor in turning our enemies red
There's only greatness in turning our counties red
There's only masculinity in turning our hats red
So, if you're a young man feeling blue, just turn red
But not well read of course, this is America
We love the uneducated
I scream out to god
Expecting an echo back
Lonely summer night
Sabrina Shapiro Dec 2024
Smoke rises like clouds
Ripe leaves, dark as the night sky
Ashes fall like rain
Years later I still struggle with the loss of the friend who introduced me to the world of cigar smoking
Bald cypress leaves droop
Somber caress from spring wind
Geese honk overhead
Bottles line the floor
Cheap merlot runs down the wall
Tears run down my face
Sabrina Shapiro Dec 2024
Support from the soil,
Desire to reach the sun first,
What makes a tree grow?
Dry leaves flutter by
Ugly weeds finally die
Fall morning coffee
Sabrina Shapiro Nov 2024
Is it a swan song?
Plea for help, etched on a bench
Carved into my mind
Somewhere unimportant there sits a vandalized bench. Etched into it, "I WILL REMAIN".  I hope you have, stranger
Sabrina Shapiro Dec 2024
Eager snowflakes fall
Happily dancing on wind
Melting once they land
Sabrina Shapiro Nov 2024
I'm trying to bloom
Water, nutrients, and light
I watch others grow
Sabrina Shapiro Nov 2024
A proud mother's push
Wings spreading to catch the breeze,
a baby grounded
Sabrina Shapiro Nov 2024
Sunflowers wave and sway
Bees land to reap their rewards
Pollen finds a new home
White Hydrangea blooms
Under the London Plane Tree
Sweet spring morning peace
Democratic death
The scales of justice lean right
A tattered flag hangs
Blinded by the sun,
So why can't I look away?
Finally - a cloud.

— The End —