Echoes In New York

Echoes in New York

In the vast concrete canyons
And Across the African plains,
Memories travel,
While wounded dinosaurs wail on lined asphalt.

Across the oceans, mountains and trees,
I remain standing firm,
Shadowed by your aged skin, frail bones,
Enduring spirit.

Eras and days may pass,
Perhaps my children I will bear,
Yet What you taught me,
Never shall fade.

You, petite in stature.
With a simplicity that is strikingly honest,
Yet so formidable were your

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poem by Lalla KhanAmin
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