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found on facebook, and it's breathtaking (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Jul 2025
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Facebook and all other forms of social media is what's wrong with America today.
Gimpyknee
Jul 2025
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chouchou
(2,891 posts)1. Is that Miss Liberty?
chouchou
(2,891 posts)6. Extremely powerful.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)3. Brought tears to my eyes
Iamscrewed
(486 posts)4. We all need this kind of inspiration today
SuzyandPuffpuff
(433 posts)5. Lovely
Thanks
ShazzieB
(22,296 posts)7. That is absolutely amazing!
It's painful to read, but profoundly perceptive and beautiful.
enigmania
(409 posts)8. Beautiful
JMCKUSICK
(5,325 posts)9. It gets better every time I read it.
Thank you for sharing madamsilverspurs.
niyad
(130,252 posts)10. Thank you.
soldierant
(9,301 posts)11. Boy, did I need to see this today.
Many thanks.
pat_k
(12,762 posts)12. K&R and reposted on Facebook and sez.us (nt)
canetoad
(20,349 posts)13. Kick
Compelling.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,259 posts)14. Superb, evocative, compelling poem! Very moving, esp. the last line.
...that may be battle, or the burst of dawn.
flying rabbit
(4,937 posts)15. Wow.
malaise
(293,742 posts)16. K & R
Profound
Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)17. Facebook and all other forms of social media is what's wrong with America today.
stage left
(3,222 posts)19. Except when it's not
And gives us a poem like this.
TomSlick
(12,927 posts)18. Amazingly powerful.
Of course, he is correct.
