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Beggars Whispered Plea

I need to find the place where understanding doesn't ache where memories no longer burn and my soul no longer quakes no evidence that's left from my beggars whispered pleas I dreamed it way too late no escape from the debris I still can see his face his words still burn in me my heart won't cease from breaking these barbed wire encased schemes and I turned the other cheek but it wasn't quick enough you'd already turned your back you'd already called my bluff as I drink the acrid coffee as the evening bleeds to light another day dawns empty from another sleepless night

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 11/23/2009 3:41:00 AM
Awesome write JB. Will be reading it again. Especially like the last verse. Thanks.- Robert
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Date: 11/22/2009 7:51:00 PM
If you do find a place "where memories no longer burn," I hope you'll send the address. I've been searching for it too, J B. This is an outstanding write -- gets right to the heart of coping with loss. Love, Carolyn
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