where are our human rights
living & dying in the moment
ongoing battles are fought
within & without
explosions displacing
deluges tempering
matters of the heart
tearing at the mind
there is no place to hide
when living & dying
for today
when intentions
& inevitabilities collide
inside a world of good & evil
neither seeming to prevail
october two thousand twenty-three
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