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This poem, as the folder category says, is a layer poem. As to how to find it's layers, pay attention to the multiple font types, and try reading the first line or part 1 and the first line of part 2 as a single sentence. 

The original format of this poem was for 11 x 17 paper. I have recently taken it apart and reformated - as well as revised - it. It embodies a commentary about my own hopes and views, as well as human sexuality, and the personal struggle humanity faces in wanting peace in the face of constant wars. 

"Once Upon A Midnight Dove"

Sorry it was short. I made that one awhile ago and it really touched my heart.

Hopefully we will all come hand in hand to save the world for our selfishness and greed

I hope people can make some sense of what I was saying. Sometimes I just spill my emotions onto a page and end up not sure if it's even logical.

I felt like writing this because in the past few years I've dwelled on the darkness I see in myself and other people - the corruption. I see so much of it that I tend to lose sight of what's good. For a while I dwelled on the darkness and felt content with hatred. I hated the human race. I wanted to watch it die because in my mind everyone, including myself, deserved it. But now I've found peace in solitude and prayer/meditation. Even though I still easily see bad things in myself and other people I've become a little more numb to them. I'm more able to highlight the good things in people. I've done this by turning not to people themselves, but to something higher, much higher. I crave solitude and time alone so that I can reflect on this, and so that I'm not so sickened by the world around me.