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In a time of immense nationwide strife in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, this week’s featured poet, Jade Edwards of Lincoln, expresses our world’s collective sorrow for all those lost to us through the perpetuation of hate and violence.
The world weeps
By Jade Edwards, 15, of Lincoln
The world weeps
for those we’ve lost.
It cries, not for the fighting
but for the dying.
Its sadness is not for
one side or another,
but for the ones
who lie silent in the sand.
The world weeps
when a bullet flies.
The world dies
when that bullet finds its mark,
whether it is painted
black or white.
The world weeps
all the same.
