Bridging the Gaps
All talk a lot like wild birds on branches
Taking every chance to say their say
Sometimes there’s a gleam of advances
But most of the time it’s just a delay
This talking doesn’t bring us together
Cause comprehension is not really there
Even with words smooth like a feather
Mere speech doesn’t bring us no-where
Wrong examples, our leaders still set
By posturing just for appearance sake
Sometimes even saying they listen, yet
This is only to gain, so still they will fake.
To listen is ensuring the real understanding
Acknowledging what the others express
Only then the straight lines are bending
And the distance between all gets less.
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Submitted by ludy_b on April 26, 2021
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 631 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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