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Patrick S. De Walt, M.B.A., Ph.D.

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She Calls

24 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by Patrick S. De Walt, MBA, PhD in Poetry

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Art, Culture, expression, free form, Freewrite, injustice, Performance, poetry, Sadness, social critique, social justice, society, Streams of consciousness

Silently beckoning movement forward
In fragmented steps
Destined to affect change
Tears radiate from sorrow
Entrenched in years of becoming
Or the denial thereof
As “American” as the fallacy of 1776
The ideal institution of indoctrination and subjugation
Of multiple differences who either were forced or willingly relented their uniqueness
Heritage
Language
Selfhood
Be mindful of the intoxicating effect of professed freedom
As it often renders us more dependent on the system outside of ourselves
Pawns on an uneven chess board
Without the benefit of a queen or rooks…
She has called for generations
Yet remains truly unheard
Through an unjust social and economic structure
An educational system of oppression and ideology
She calls yet remains unheard
She remains blinded by a misconceived belief in equality and hope
She desires and deserves as those who fed her ideals and coffers
She calls
She embodies
Yet does not ensure what she is believed to personify most
Freedom…

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She’s Crying

03 Sunday Sep 2017

Posted by Patrick S. De Walt, MBA, PhD in Poetry

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Art, children, Community, expression, Family, Flooding, Freewrite, Golden Triangle, Grief, Harvey, healing, Houston, humanity, Hurricane, loss, nature, Performance, perseverance, poetry, Purpose, Rebuilding, Sadness, society, Streams of consciousness, Texas, Trauma, tribute

Rising tides of insurmountable waves
Indiscriminate to zipcode and identification to a degree
Uncertainty and displacement
Helping hands extended in harm’s way
Humanity at a time when circumstance and situation require her best
Young and old
Equally dependent and deserving of a calming presence of safety and shelter
Flooded homes and dampened realities will yield to the power of hope and possibility
Created when one cares about others more than themselves
We must see the beauty in a difficult situation once again
Fleeting memories are etched with the trauma born from Harvey’s tears
Yet a city named Houston has been left to do the crying…

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