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Longing to Love

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I long to love youbut don’t know quite how It seems the harder a trythe more damage it does Drawing close to youactually pushes you away …slowly we are drifting apart. I want to be closer to youto share life’s moments each day But instead we just coordinatethe daily business, […]

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I Want To Cry

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I want to cry but no tears comeA new season has begunand yet I keep wanting to cling to the past,hoping that the good aspects of it will last. I feel that lump in my throatand hope that I can stay afloat.I know that crying might help me healwhen I […]

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Shattered Dreams for my Daughter

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I watch my daughter strugglenearly fully grown,yet crawling on the floorjust to get to the toilet,or a classroomexhausted after only a few minutes on her feetwith the support of crutches or a parent’s arm The vibrant individualismThe joyful dancing aroundnot caring what others might thinkall temporarily suspended or is it […]

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Ashes

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A pile of rubble, where once stood a home A church or business, now it’s all gone Burnt to the ground by youth filled with hate They had long waited for the this very date. A father stands dazed. Al he worked for is gone A child looks longingly, “Mama, […]

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The Escape

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The mob arrives, loud shouts of hate A girl hides, behind the gate “Get out now, one and all… It’s on the list, this place must fall!” She runs on out, no time to grab Louder they shout, it’s looking bad Destruction starts, loud banging sounds Things torn apart, neighbors […]

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Sorrow

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My heart is filled with sorrow grieving like there’s no tomorrow Things just aren’t going so well tears deep inside begin to swell it’s good sometimes to take time to mourn for beyond the grief, new hope is born While I mustn’t rush sitting with the pain to properly process […]

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Oh Little One

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A little one has come and gone At first there was great joy, a song But life here ended, far too fast …it wasn’t meant to last Oh little one we briefly knew We thought we’d share our lives with you Instead with Father you now are Too bad it […]

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The Door of No Return

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Oh door of no return, how much suffering you have seen. Families torn, how they mourn wives for husbands scream. Freedom lost, slaves to be in some far-off land Growing things, how strange it seems to leave familiar hands Tiny rooms, crowded high horrific site and smell human flesh imprisoned […]

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Wretched Humanity

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Beautiful sunshine, a lovely stream, blue sky a seemingly idyllic setting, majestic and wide —but in reality a dark hellish nightmare inside How could there be a place like Dachau (Dah-how) A concentration camp of terror Where many lived their last in horror? Just how can people torture one another? […]