By Sandy Lender<\/p>\n
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Someone had prayed for peace on Earth, God bless them,<\/p>\n
But prayed without specificity<\/p>\n
Thus we awoke in July to silence outdoors<\/p>\n
Spotify stopped, the airwaves dropped, Pandora closed her box<\/p>\n
With Hope locked trembling inside<\/p>\n
As if waiting for a measure of sanity to release her<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We looked for the answer in three, four time<\/p>\n
While timpani drums throbbed to a different beat<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Our children wept in fear at the solitude, the absence<\/p>\n
Song, melody, harmony, tonal blending gone<\/p>\n
We\u2019d crushed beauty fully<\/p>\n
Muffled it with our hateful shouting<\/p>\n
Overpowered the hum of the bees, the thrum of Mother Earth<\/p>\n
With incessant complaint and discord<\/p>\n
Recognizing our imbalance after a cleansing plague<\/p>\n
Left us with only obscene screams<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We looked for the answer in three, four time<\/p>\n
While timpani drums throbbed to a different beat<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We took our sons and daughters home<\/p>\n
To teach them sense and love again<\/p>\n
No matter the personal definition<\/p>\n
No matter the political affiliation<\/p>\n
We sought the sweet sound of songbirds<\/p>\n
To offer sustenance for our souls<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We looked for the answer in three, four time<\/p>\n
While timpani drums throbbed to a different beat<\/p>\n
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