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Couldn't wait to see you
Then when I did
I wondered why
pen
thing is,
most of us here

write,
not to impress
but to express

that's why i love it here.
 Jan 2021 Walter W Hoelbling
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Take me to a place where smiles
Flow freely and easily,
Laughter circulates like currency,
And happiness is the first language.

A place that has sunshine year round,
Day in and day out.
The flowers can’t help but bloom and spread
In the prettiest colors
Just emanating energy and light.
Im afraid that i will never forget you
While you will never remember me.
I wish that someday,
People will raise their heads,
From their phone screens,
And look up at the fleeting blue sky.

And just marvel at it.
With their eyes.
Not through their instagrams,
Not through their camera lens,
Not through the reflection on their screen.

I wish people would just free themselves,
From social media.
The impulsive need to be on the now,
The relentless need to stalk someone or something.


I wish people would just live for a second,
Without being bowed to a device
That clearly controls
Every aspect of their freedom.
I am a caged bird
there's a whole world inside me
that I cannot see.
takes a lot to break free.
No matter how close,
the surface seems miles away
when you're out of air.
I don't know when I wrote this.
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