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Dec 2024
Black and white are all the same to me,
I have this attitude because I’m blind,
I never wanted this to be;

when people touch me, I want so much to see
just who they are. I know that I would find
them different, not like in this darkened sea;

and the sort of person that I want to be
is always thoughtful of others, and kind
respecting their differences with charity;

We all sometimes act toward others stupidly,
not thinking how they’ll take things in their mind,
we call them names without apology;

So can we all just stop the vitriol and be
a race of people who have left the hate behind,
and try to broaden our humanity?

There are many things that make us disagree
But maybe we could leave them undefined,
And concentrate on things that make us free,
Like love, respect, and our accountability.
A villanelle is five tercets and a quatrain:
each tercet rhymes lines 1 and 3,
all tercets rhyme 1, 2, and 3 with each other,
the quatrain rhymes 1,2,3, like the tercet, then rhymes 4 with 1 and 3.
Written by
Larry Berger  83/M/Sinks Grove, WV
(83/M/Sinks Grove, WV)   
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