Truly Yours

It begins with us, not in places afar but here and now

Hello, how are you? It’s been a while since the last I visited you.

I’ve been watching the sky, birds, flowers, and the waves at the sea, listening to the stories of us

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Light generates a spectrum, a set of spectacular colors, a rainbow, which tells us of our own elements

In many situations, we dress in a specific color, symbolizing we are the components of the group

Humanity — though we uphold it, tragic events of tyranny, violence or cruelty assault us every day and night

Yet tragedies are not only somewhere afar but here in our neighborhood on the streets As we keep protecting ourselves in the color, will our children truly be safe in our vicinity?

Or is it possible for us to take off the color of protection, become light of its spectrum and appreciate our own differences in such color?

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Light never bends or loses a band of energy even if we shed light into a magnetic field. Light always creates beautiful red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

May we provide our children a future in which they can go to schools and walk streets with no fears of hurt

May we communicate with anyone open-mindedly with no preconceived notions among us

It begins with us not in places afar but

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here and now

Please kindly visit a couple of my poems.

Thank you Dr Mehmet Yildiz for reading, publishing and hosting this piece on your fabulous platform, Illumination. I would like to thank you all fellow writers, readers and kind friends for your generosity and support while I am less engaging lately. I appreciate your friendship; Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff) Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) Pierre Trudel Bill Abbate Dr Michael Heng Lanu Pitan Yana Bostongirl Jill (Conquering Cognitions) Sandra Pawula Elvie Lins❤️ A Rustic Mind (Manali Desai) — thank you!