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On The Mount

 

The Orange Groves in salty air

stand proudly, squat toward the Sea

the cultured roots that hold them there

unseen beneath each nurtured tree.

 

The blossomed fruit pristine with dew

raised up through rock, held firm by soil,

is testament to life anew

and those who gave with blood and toil.

 

Though the sky will fall and burn

and some may cling to cleft and shade,

it's true that men will never learn

they cannot kill what love has made.

 

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David RL Moore

Thu 3rd Oct 2024 15:03

Thanks to Aisha and Holden for the recent likes.

David

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David RL Moore

Thu 3rd Oct 2024 07:03

Thanks for the comment Uilleam, and to RBK, Stephen and Reggie for the likes.

Primarily written in honour of my good friends now under the gun in Beirut and the Greater Lebanon.

It could just as easily be for my friends in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Gaza, and The Occupied Territories.

Things don't get much more current or realistic than that in my opinion.

David RL Moore

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wed 2nd Oct 2024 17:25

That's a beautiful last line David; its beauty is in its truth.

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Keats

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