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Unplanned

Her energetically youthful joints bounce To the beat Her belly baby bump doesn't slow her down She sings the lyrics of the Lord's love Hiding her truth To prevent his second murder No blood on her hands He'll spend time behind bars And she'll build her life holding her daughter Up to the sun She'll marry And live And her baby daughter, answered prayer, Will share Poetry with the world But these women will still mourn One in sorrow for her choice And one in guilt for the life of a older sibling unled And yet the baby girl loves God And freedom Equally How can she be pro choice? She knows what it means to be

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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