This is for Gav Roberts
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We feel the weight of this life bearing down
On us but still we rise again and sing
The songs of victory. We dream. We dream.
But still the world continues.
We choose our words. Our friends applaud and we
Rejoice. Because they heard us.
Maybe now
Something will start to change:
Perhaps today
The first blow will be struck. Our words unleashed.
We wait. And once again, nothing is said.
I feel the weight of this life bearing down
On me. I try to rise again and sing
I think of you. I know that I can fight
With you beside me. Even when it’s hard.
Tom Juniper Poetry 