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    After, Before, During
    After, Before, During
    After, Before, During
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    After, Before, During

    By A.L. Sanders

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    This book is a collection of poems, written in the way my husband says I tell stories. The end, beginning and then middle. My mother always wanted us to publish a book of poetry. I am excited that today is that day. This book is for young and the old. Some poems were written when I was merely 10 years old and others just yesterday. May this writing resonate with your life, but also bring new perspective to walking a moment in someone else's shoes. My one request from any reader is that you find someone and share one poem from this book with them. Share the beauty, the pain, the puzzle or anything in between. 

     

    - A.L. Sanders 

     

     

     

     

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA.L. Sanders
    Release dateSep 17, 2023
    ISBN9798215354209
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      After, Before, During - A.L. Sanders

      AFTER

      Beauty

      The beholder often sees,

      Beauty in nature’s symmetry

      The butterfly with outstretched wings

      Its life before a caterpillar of all things

      Sunflowers, starfish, sharks and more,

      Snowflakes the beholder doth adore.

      Symmetry is the consensus of what it means,

      To be beautiful to all things.

      I myself see more beauty in the unique,

      Asymmetry is what I often seek.

      The cat with one green eye and one blue,

      One ear clipped and a gray patch on its side.

      A boy with one arm smaller than the other,

      With a crooked smile and a scar on one cheek.

      Imperfection is beauty at its peak,

      The sunset in a painting with the horizon skewed,

      The breast cancer survivor after a unilateral mastectomy,

      Half a hairless head with a puzzled expression.

      As I stare in wonder at the beauty she cannot see

      The beauty of someone far greater than most can be.

      The poem with only partial rhyme,

      A heart drawn by a child for the first time.

      The reason I seek asymmetry is deep seeded,

      Beauty should be defined by what cannot be repeated.

      Tiny Hands

      Up and down the walls

      Your hand in mine

      Your forehead to my lips

      Your hand on my arm

      Someday your tiny hands

      Will be all grown

      I’ll be missing them

      While sitting alone.

      Thinking of all the messes they made,

      Wanting them back if only for a day.

      Bella

      A coat of comfort of warmth,

      A peaceful demeanor brought harmony.

      Quiet silenced the noise,

      A gaze into eyes of brown,

      Brought together scattered thoughts.

      Not aloof or abrasive,

      Present in all moments.

      Footsteps follow to the bathroom,

      One of the pack.

      Torn from this world,

      Too soon.

      Every day missed by yours truly.

      Sunset

      As the sun unwinds against the water,

      Leaving a trail of light downstream.

      As the sky darkens,

      creating a tunnel of glow.

      The world shifts from a prism of color to black,

      The radiance of the dark,

      Lies in the fireflies,

      That illuminate the inky night.

      Rat Racing

      Scavengers seeking crumbs

      Always wanting more food,

      More night,

      Must have more,

      More money,

      Bigger houses,

      More property,

      Greater value,

      More education,

      Newer iphones,

      More coffee,

      Unlimited clothing,

      More luxuries.

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