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Vernell Allen
Poems
Jul 2015
Paradise as it was
Take a brush and paint that
child-like paradise.
You know, like the one
our elders grew up in.
Take me there and show
vibrant colors that swirl in
aerial winds before the
china blue and violets and rues
became fifty shades of gray.
Draw the trees as the giants they
were before they fell and nothing
became of them.
Paint the water before the rivers
ran dry and land was barren.
Splatter the blue to touch my feet
and cool my desert skin.
Paint this scene before me
and place a smile on my face,
then break the brush before
anyone can ruin that paradise
by making it like this one.
Then fold and burn it in your heart
and I will bury in my soul
this work of art so it is never forgotten.
Protect our world. Charish it while we can.
Written by
Vernell Allen
Mississippi
(Mississippi)
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