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  Mar 2020 Tia Kulkarni
Isabella
I dance in the rain when nobody's watching,
Just so I can be in peace.
When my body flows like raindrops,
And the rainbow's staring down at me.
  Mar 2020 Tia Kulkarni
Michael Stefan
I turn
off
the news

Terror
rocks
our
world

Heads
bowed,
praying
in pews

And
international
flags
are furled

Rubbing
my
aching
temples

Viral
news
finally
makes sense

Close
my door
as nations
tremble

And
bask,
in sweet
silence.
Tia Kulkarni Mar 2020
They cry to me
As I'm on my knees
—In and out.

They call for peace
But I'm falling to pieces
—In and out.

Whatever they say
Is always
A "yea" or "nay"

But now, they tell me
When I'm at their feet
They tell me to breathe

They say
—In and out.

But then the voices,
They fade,
They whisper,
But they still say
—In and out.

But when they start whispering
I begin listening
And do as they say

So I take
A breath
Slowly,
In and out

And as i take
A breath
All the voices
Dispel

And no more
Do they say
To me
—In and out.

— The End —