Young Girl’s Heart . . . by Andrew Gibson
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A young girl wearing a white dress stands in a field, holding a heart shaped balloon that floats in the warm air, gazing confidently at the camera. One can almost feel a warm summer breeze and the gentle sun, hear birdsong, smell the fresh grass and verdant trees.
This beautiful, subtle sepia toned black and white photo captures the freedom of summer and the passion and promise of youth. It was shot just a few weeks ago but it could just as easily been taken fifty or a hundred years ago.
INNOCENT SUFFERING
Another travelled day
Many now have I seen
Travelling many miles in my mind
Yet nowhere have I been
Wrestling with myself
Day in and day out
Waiting for some divine inspiration
I could shout
But who would hear me
When innocent children can’t be heard
So I speak to you not with a conceited voice
But with love shinning from my words
I can no longer beguile you
I now abide in some greater place
My words may not be as pretty as a smile
But they are my face
And you will clearly see me
in no matter what time it is you live
Just try to understand the love
My pen does give
Worry not on death
Death is just absurd
There are innocent children suffering all around you
That can’t be heard
DAVID BRIAN GOODWIN