Poem by Josephine LoRe

Enough

Would words be enough, I would sate your hunger 
I would build for you a well everfilled with water clean 
I would work alongside as you till the field 
Watch hope emerge green from the brown earth
 
Would words be enough, I would end your misery 
Watch each child of yours grow strong and true 
Teach you to read and to write and to sing 
So that your voice be forgotten nevermore 
 
Would words be enough, I would help you bear your burden 
Bring healing to your wounds, end strife
See beyond the lines on a map, beyond colour
And you would know you are my sister, my brother

If words were enough

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​a pearl in this diamond world … Josephine LoRe’s words have been read on stage and in Zoom rooms, put to music, danced, integrated into paintings & visual art, and published in literary journals and anthologies in ten countries.  She has two collections, Unity and the Calgary Herald Bestseller The Cowichan Series. 
https://www.josephinelorepoet.com/ 

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