Powerful, Paul, and sobering. This stanza really struck me with an intense reality. Your rhyming is superb! - Jane Smallwood - Medium

In the beginning,
We would have been drained, unframed, at least ashamed,
But today the lies continue, unamending, upending,
Our hearts impure, our souls inflamed.

In the Beginning, We Were Winning

Paul Causey

May 15, 2022

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Powerful, Paul, and sobering. This stanza really struck me with an intense reality.

Your rhyming is superb!

Jane Smallwood

Written by Jane Smallwood

Passionate about poetry; mine is a work in progress. I’m an editor who reads a lot, but when I read in my free time, I don’t change a word. Love to paddleboard!

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