We are standing here...

A poem by Anna Atsu

I wish this wouldn’t bring tears to your eyes,

Yet, tears fall, for we are all bound to cry.

Tragedy stroke, hard to discuss,

Inevitably, tears are leaving us.

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Equality, a dream we strive to see,

Yet, tears mingle with my plea.

Hope, a beacon in the darkest night,

Still, tears accompany its fragile light.

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Love, a force that binds us tight,

But tears…