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Victor D López May 2019
When assessing fault,
Find your eyes in a mirror,
Then say who's to blame.
Victor D López May 2019
People of good will,
Work hard to find common ground,
To unite us all.

People of ill will,
Demonize to polarize,
And keep us apart.
Victor D López May 2019
Life's not meaningless,
There's no reason to despair,
The meaning's in us.
Victor D López May 2019
I do not write for money,
And even less for fame,
I write because I have to,
It's simply who I am.

I'm a jack of many trades,
And the master of a few,
But they do not define me,
They are just the things I do.

What I write will not endure,
Much of it will not be read,
Little of all I publish,
Will survive long once I'm dead.

I'd write if no one read me,
In ink, on sand or in blood,
As long as reason abides,
I know that I will not stop.

It is so for all of us,
Who are writers at our core,
Writing is our very essence,
It is who we are, no more.
Victor D López Apr 2019
Starving his people so that they eat off dumpsters is not enough;

Causing more than 3,000,000 of the best and brightest to emigrate is not enough;

An annual inflation rate of 60,324% today (source: Forbes) is not enough;

Rejecting at gun point foreign food and medicine to aid the sick and starving at the borders is not enough;

Trampling on the Constitution and establishing a dictatorship is not enough;

Billions of dollars stolen from the Venezuelan people by cronies is not enough;

Destroying hope, progress, and a leading world economy is not enough;

Today government thugs are literally running over protesters in armored vehicles.

A small group of rabid-left apologists in the U.S. telling us to ignore the man behind the curtain in an insane attempt to defend the indefensible must face reality.

Maduro must go.

His Marxist dystopia must be dismantled.

The Venezuelan people must regain the right of self determination through free and fair elections--not the sham elections all Communist nations use to show close to 100% approval of the ruling tyrant.

Enough is enough!
Victor D López Apr 2019
It is hard to soar,
When one's wings are soaked in tears,
But this too shall pass.
Victor D López Apr 2019
January 6
Three Kings
Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar
Bearing gifts for He who would become
The lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
God  made  flesh
To redeem our sins
Through His great
sacrifice
Alleluia.
This poem was posted earlier today in response to a one word challenge (the word was Epiphany) at AllPoetry.com
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