Mark Meck Poems

I have had pain in rain
With aches from sprains and strains
I have endured labour unattended
But I found strength to live
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At forty degrees of heat so they say are fourteen signs of stress
Do not stress over the issue but find ways to distress
Address these signs of stress, first tiredness then lack of breath
Drink plenty of fluids and be under a shade at best
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Rain rain rain
Come down and water my garden
Fill the drain and flood the stream
Flood the stream that floods the river
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Built from nothing has everything come from love
This earth, the sun, the moon and all stars above
By Thy word commanded, the world was wrought
O Lord, how awesome thou art.
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Hold my hand and walk me past the isle of sadness,
of stress and fear gnawing my heart.
Usher me into a new world of happiness imagined,
not seen nor experienced before.
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Sickening winds blow
Of machete gangs at war
Virgin girls and mothers too
Ravaged, robbed, raped so.
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Lie prostrate to Zeus on Mt Olympus
Bid him call the powers that be
of presidents and ministers world-wide
to cure the world of this ill wind blowing.
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What portends this ill wind blowing
which inhaled robs man's breath
whose virus defiles the proximal space people share?
Is it the greed of man who has defied rules of the holy book
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Virtual silence commands
that with masks
our voices be silenced to whispers.
And the body language of touch
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It is a sin being born black
Worse to grow and walk the streets of Minneapolis
It is a sin unforgiven son
Every blackman's crime is a death crime
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