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how to write about the bombing and the noise
about the airplanes and the drones
about the angst that we now feel
and the isolation on the screen
how to feel something, even the pain
as blood is pouring from the page
how did you paint all that despair
infusing courage, showing the hurt
Pablo, do you see any hope at all?
is that how you kept on drawing,
laid out reality on the canvas,
hoping the cruelty will stop?
a raging bull wounded and in pain
the dream is falling softly and with grace
what a good day to buy stock!
perhaps tomorrow, it may soar
needing the noise to escape the wound
— do you hear that one, Pablo?
the sound of thunder screaming,
a butterfly yearns for living.
how did you trust your eyes,
in this distorted world of ours?
emotions, geometrical shapes,
rugged angles piercing vessels.
Pablo Pereyra 2025. Thank you for reading.
