Enlightenment

enlightenment....

sweat...
...dr ipping
......from
........the
.......... forehead

of the old man cutting wood
for the single mother of three....

tears
...falling
....from
......the
.......eyes

of the young woman holding
the orphaned child close....

the sky lit up with 'enemy fire'....

the open hand

that
...does
.....not
...... .ask
.........questions!

poem by Eric Cockrell
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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