Who Will Stop The Rain



Who Will Stop The Rain
Greatest floods coming, coming soon enough, of that there is no doubt, no doubt at all
Ice needed to be melted, to make all the water to cover the world, and we did it, melted the ice
Put an ice cube on a hot stove that is turned on, turn the stove off, the ice continues to melt
Story plainly told, along with everything else, middle book true, first and last books all about me

Adults believe that children live in fairy tale worlds, grown up, leave that world behind, face reality
In the names of family, gods, country, nest eggs, business, clubs, school, gangs, personal comfort
Truth is children see the true world, adults manufacture worlds built on compromises, seems real
Taking their place in worlds of fairy tales built on trust, doing only what adults believe must be done

Not helping everyone cross the finish line, counts for nothing to start, answers come from everywhere
Counts for nothing being first, crossing the line is all that happens, meaningless lines in the sand
The sand will wash away, soon, worlds built on adult oriented fairy tales will also wash away, gone
Saved only if everyone helps, that means everyone crossing the lines, weakest and strongest as one

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Not helping everyone cross the finish line, counts for nothing to start, answers come from everywhere

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Written on February 05, 2022

Submitted by rzwilling on February 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXA AXXB XXXB
Characters 1,211
Words 216
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4

Robert Zwilling

Robert Zwilling is digital artist and environmental poet who uses verbal brush strokes to illustrate life in the Natural World using jazz style text and pictures. more…

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