#poem, «A S K»

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ASK

Did I hear you right?
Did you really say that I can ask
and that you will give me whatever I want?

So my friend, then I’d say
give me a rainbow.
No!

Instead,
give me a magic tornado,
one that would sweep from the earth all the ugliness,
all the misfortunes, all the pain,
suffering,
disease.

A storm with a magic broom to sweep away
everything that we’re afraid of.
Let it’s flash floods,
instead of destruction, wash away the sadness,
wash away the pain,
so that after the rain
we can smile
and forget all our hardships.

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This poem does not imply that the damages caused by tornadoes are valuable and good, instead it refers to the idea of a cleansing storm that would only wipe from our midst negative things and leave all the good people and good things unharmed. It is figurative and most certainly not literal.

Thank you.

I wrote this poem back in 2021

Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 19 FEB 2021, València, Spain

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  2. Avatar de christinenovalarue christinenovalarue dice:
    07/12/2023 a las 08:32

    💛

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      07/12/2023 a las 08:34

      🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻

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  3. Avatar de lorraindu13 Bernard Tritz dice:
    07/12/2023 a las 09:30

    J’aime le Jazz mais pas tout le Jazz.
    …

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      07/12/2023 a las 13:03

      Comme moi, merci Bernard.

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  4. Avatar de Dawn Pisturino Dawn Pisturino dice:
    07/14/2023 a las 22:40

    Wonderful poem!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      07/14/2023 a las 22:45

      Thank you so much Dawn!

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  5. Avatar de KK KK dice:
    07/15/2023 a las 15:43

    A lovely write indeed!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      07/15/2023 a las 15:44

      Thank you so very much!

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  6. Avatar de Cindy Georgakas Cindy Georgakas dice:
    07/16/2023 a las 22:03

    Such a great poem Francis.. Love it❣️❣️❣️

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      07/16/2023 a las 23:58

      Thank you 🙏🏻 so much Cindy!

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      1. Avatar de Cindy Georgakas Cindy Georgakas dice:
        07/17/2023 a las 04:17

        Very welcome Francis❤️❤️

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