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Pop Pop what's that I hear
Pop Pop pop pop pop
An elderly man in front of me falls to the ground
I fall to the floor
crouched against the checking counter
I see thru a crack
A young man in a cashier's uniform  
Pushes a few people to the ground
No more than 16 years old
He rushes towards the gunman
Charges into him
Pop Pop pop pop pop
For a second his body
Dances in the air
Lifeless he falls to the ground
His last dance
This young brave hero
So young
So much potential
Gone in a second
Gone too soon...
Raindrops against my window pane
arouses within me a need to open the window...
and let the rain in ...
Sitting there on that bench with you
Listening to the breeze
Holding hands...
Catching sunrises and sunsets
With you my partner in Life
For Rob my partner in life. This is the third poem from the - us collection
Silence is broken
By the chirps of a sparrow
Perched upon my balcony
Much needed company
In these lonely covid times....
She was there
She was always there
But no one really saw her
Like furniture she stood
Unacknowledged, Unloved , Unnoticed,
Always used...
This is a nod to all those people in our lives who are always there for us but we don't really see them .
Our eyes met
The world was lost
Just the 2 of us remained .....
Is the second poem from the - us collection
As day spreads its soft golden wings far beyond
Light catches the edges of the sloping roof tops
Birth of a new day ....
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