Don'T Give Up On Me

Draw me from black depths,
Guide me toward shallow pools,
Familiar blue-greens.

Love stripped to the bones,
Purity in finest form,
Bright light hold me close.

I want to need you,
Know that I'm hopeless, drowning,
Don't leave me here alone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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March 13, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Stunning! Really, this hit me unexpectedly and with a resonance I truly did not expect. Thank you. Stephen
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