Sanctuary of Heroes

  

In honor of the memory of Anne Frank (1929 - 1945)

 

The dawn of adolescent horizons,

Meets the anticipation of virtual entitlement,

At the crossroads of hope and fulfillment,

In defiance of a peer culture,

Wary of a long line of naysayers and their kinfolk,

Propelling our souls in innocence,

While defending the core of our character,

Alas, years go by, dreams fade and rejection visits as faithfully as the next horizon,

Nowhere else to go except to the sanctuary of heroes,

Comforter of the friendless, the down and out, the rejected and dejected, and dreamers,

Awaiting, yet another sunrise.

Copyright of "Sanctuary of Heroes," © 2000-2009, Clifford Mark Greene

Copyright © 2009 - 2012, Party of Commons TM

[This poem relates to isolation and solitude, generally, not to the specifics of young Anne's life, although her life of course is an inspiration for this poem.]