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LATITUDES, 4th EDITION
​Poetry  

Lamentations
​by Sharon Ludan

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Is the beauty not enough now,
midst all the gloom and pain? 
Can’t you soothe your soul 
with moonlight,
sea...sky,
wind…rain?
 
What of those big questions 
that echo a refrain:
What should I…
How can I…
Why am I even…?
 
Why? Why? 
You may well ask;
there will be no reply.
 
Don’t scream to the heavens
or beat the sweet earth. Appeal 
to the flowers for 
all that is worth.
Spill 
your gross lamentations
in obscure verse; there will be 
no sign 
from the mute universe.
 
Birds 
will still sing…
waves crash…
stars shine.
 
The answer is not 
theirs to reveal --
it is yours to divine.

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