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As We Wait | Poem

 
 
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AS WE WAIT 




   as we wait in Auschwitz 

   as we wait in Kosovo 
 
 

    kindness can't be explained with chemistry 

    or diagrams

    or even logic 
 
 

    kindness is more than reaching 

    more than loving
 
 

    kindness is sometimes the only flower

    in a field of weeds 
 
 

    as we wait in Auschwitz 

   as we wait in Kosovo
 
 

- David Jackson

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