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photo by SnapwireSnaps/Pixabay

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Oneness

Another new time is upon us
We must again touch the mobile of life
So the parts may re-wed in a new balance
Our diversity unifying us, our mantra
One root one stem, many varied flowers

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Matthew Borrelli is a born New Yorker. Living in Connecticut with the love of his life Andrea, he is a retired teacher and administrator as well as a lifelong child advocate and civil rights proponent. He writes from the heart, dictating his poetry as it flows from his feelings. His work is driven by passion and belief. Last year he published his first book, Standing in the Waves Way, a memoir in poetic form — a “Poemoir.”

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Watch a 2001 film of Ray Charles performing “America the Beautiful”

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