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Death Row Final Thoughts, Get Low

Mom and Dad, today I die! Can you forgive your murderous Son, for the evil I have done? Yes! Today I die. But, if the truth be known, my life ended years ago, with my rage out of control. I was high on drugs that fatal night, when we had that horrendous family fight. How could I, your loving Son, have shot you both with grandpa's gun! They're coming for me! I hear their footsteps down the hall. My final thought, my hope, my all, will your arms be open wide, when we meet on the other side? Or will you both turn your faces away, and in hell's prison, let me stay? They are here! Forgive me, God, Your mercies are great, (* & **) Carry me home, the hour is late. "Thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..." Psalm 23:4 * Isa 1:18 "Thou your sins are like scarlet...." ** 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is ......" ____________________________________________ For contest: Get Low (Fiction) Sponsor: Casarah Nance

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 9/1/2015 10:32:00 AM

Oh, my - great poem ... CayCay

Darlene Gifford
Date: 9/2/2015 6:55:00 AM

Thanks for reading~~Darlene

Mike Martin

Date: 8/20/2015 10:11:00 AM

i can see them coming down the hall. Nicely done.

Darlene Gifford
Date: 8/20/2015 10:18:00 AM

Thank you, Mike. And what a terrible moment that must be! May God have mercy on their souls. Thanks for reading.~ Darlene

Milton Robertson

Date: 7/24/2015 5:49:00 PM

Very Good, Very Sad and Very real. God Is Good.

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/24/2015 8:12:00 PM

Thank you, Milton, your comments are very meaningful to me. In the contest I was among the # 9 club. My attempt at writing fiction did not go over too well. But I have been encouraged by yourself and others, so that is a wonderful feeling. And yes, God is good. Blessings, ~~Darlene

Skat A

Date: 7/24/2015 3:22:00 PM

DARLENE, Congrats in Casarah's getting low contest. Love **SKAT**

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/24/2015 5:11:00 PM

Thanks, Skat, I'll keep hanging in there! Practice makes perfect. or at least better. And I'm not alone in the basement. ~~~Darlene

Viv Wigley

Date: 7/24/2015 1:28:00 AM

A nice write, Darlene, and you haven't done badly, I'm writing to you from three places below you, and we're still in the first nineteen places out of thirty-five, so don't be disheartened. One of my poems was unplaced once, and I thought about throwing myself out of the window, but I live in a basement :) . Well done. Viv x

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/24/2015 6:02:00 AM

Thanks, Viv, for picking me up from the floor. I feel better now. Especially with your last line comment! That was funny. So you're 3 stories below me. Well, anyway we tried! Congrats on your win, too. I posted a poem for the Shweet contest yesterday and my friend, Jan, let me know spiders were not sweet to her. Me neither, but the spiders act was! Well, we'll see! Blessings, Darlene

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 7/24/2015 12:54:00 AM

Congrats on ur awesome winning poem Darlene!

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/24/2015 6:08:00 AM

Thanks, Dr. Upma, Another encourager! So you made the #9 too! Welcome to the family! And congrats on your win as well! Enter the Shweet contest will you, please. I want to see your definition of sweet! (see above)..~~Darlene

Casarah Nance

Date: 7/23/2015 6:36:00 PM

unique! interesting! well done

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/23/2015 6:56:00 PM

Thanks, Casarah, It pleases me that you liked my poem, even though it did terrible in the contest A 9. It was too graphic I guess. But I enjoyed trying my hand at fiction. ~~Darlene

BE Bailey

Date: 7/23/2015 4:55:00 PM

Congratulations on your win Darlene. Big Hugs "B" xx

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/23/2015 6:17:00 PM

How nice of you to say that, BE My poem flopped.But you are the one to be congratulated with your top win. Keep it up, you're doing great! There is always another contest and another challenge. Eventually we figure out what the different judges want and like. ~~Darlene

Jan Allison

Date: 7/23/2015 3:21:00 PM

dropping back with my congrats:-) hugs Jan xx

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/23/2015 4:14:00 PM

Thank you, Jan. My fiction did not go over well. (A 9.) I guess too graphic. But congrats to you on your many top wins. Way to go! I'm proud of you. I did better on my fish flirting poem, but you did still better! ~~Darlene

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/23/2015 1:46:00 PM

Darlene this well written piece moved me to tears.It is so sad. To see why and how he ended up on death row was devastating. Excellent job.This moving write should do well in contest. Best of luck! :-)Alexis

Alexis Y.
Date: 7/23/2015 4:16:00 PM

I don't feel bad about the honorable mention.Congrats on your win:)Alexis

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/23/2015 4:09:00 PM

I liked your poem. Sorry about your HM in contest. Don't feel bad, I only got a 9 And I have gotten a few HM's myself in other contests. You can just never tell! ~~Darlene

Alexis Y.
Date: 7/23/2015 3:12:00 PM

If you want to you can view my entry as well:)Alexis

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/23/2015 2:44:00 PM

Thank you, Alexis, I appreciate that you like this write and have confidence that it will do well in the contest. I hope you are right. However I have read other entries and they are great as well. Blessings,~~~ Darlene

Jan Allison

Date: 7/22/2015 4:45:00 PM

Oh Darlene this is such a heartbreaking scenario so so sad - good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx7

Jan Allison
Date: 7/22/2015 5:12:00 PM

:-) thanks my friend:-) hugs Jan xx

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/22/2015 5:08:00 PM

Thanks, Jan. I just finished reading yours and was impressed with your poem. Blessings, Darlene