<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Life, the Obstacle Course]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[taurusingemini]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com/author/taurusingemini/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Children of Taiwan, a&nbsp;Poem]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">The children AS our futures, translated…</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Children of Taiwan</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Sing by the Danshui River</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Wind from the Straits Swayed Their Clothes</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Cities It’d Built for Them, Growing Strong</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Bluer than Blue Skies, Looking Down on Their Tiny Foot Tracks</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>A Beautiful World Awaits for Them to Embark</em></p>
<p>&#8220;we are the world!&#8221;<img src="https://i0.wp.com/artwolfe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MosaicOfChildren.jpg" alt="See the source image" />photo from online</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Children of Taiwan</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Sang by the Droshui Creek</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Tall Central Mountain Range Hearing Their Bright Songs, Smiling on</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>As Their Voices Broke Through the Skies, the Wind Blew Across the Farmhouses, the Fields</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>All Those Stars, They’d, Secretly, Taken Notes of the Wishes They All Had Before They Fell Asleep</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>As the Children Woke, They Were, Greeted by the Warm Sunshine</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Children of Taiwan</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Sang on the Kaoping Creek</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Bright-Colored Plains were Turned to Gold by the Grains of Rice Swaying in the Wind</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Those Darkened Complexions Gave off a Glow Underneath Those Coconut Trees</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Oceans Opened Its Arms Wide, Embraced Them into Its Widened Chest</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Riding on the Waves, Breaking Down the Winds, They’d, Written Down All of, Taiwan’s Dreams</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">This simply showed, how children ARE, all our futures, and, not just for children here in Taiwan, but everywhere else in the world too.</p>
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