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No Cross To Bear

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In Heaven there is no darkness
No shadows anywhere
No gloomy day or cloud of gray
No longing to be there

No thorn to prick your heart upon
No crown to bear your glory
No nail to hang your vengeance on
No cross to bear your story

No courts of fleeting justice
No plotting to indemnify
No tyranny or slavery
No obstacle to rectify

No silver pieces thrown about
No master to betray
No kiss of death upon a cheek
No noose to take away

No rabble in the streets
No spitting or demar
No climbing to Golgotha
No looming from afar

No weight of heavy burden
No knees for falling hard
No kicking from a Roman
No lashing from a guard

No hammer swing or piercing ring
No blood upon the ground
No cry of dreadful mourning
No mercy to be found

No God forsaken love is torn
No thrust of heaving spear
No drink of horrid mockery
No stream of falling tear

No fault to be forgiven for
No sins to wash away
No ignorance for what they do
No dying prayer to say

No robe to place a wager on
No bidding chance to win
No die is cast in ridicule
No cloth of shameful sin

No tomb to roll a stone away
No rising from the grave
No wound upon a sacred hand
No sinner for to save

No soul to rise or waiting throne
No flash of blinding light
No dove to guide the savior home
Unto the Father's right
                                    
Chords - 3/4 time
1 4 5 1 - twice per verse

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 8/20/2015 8:48:00 PM
No cross to bear but it's a bitch when nothing's left to share. Endless nothing's whispered in her ear, just trying to appease this fear.
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Robert Johnson
Date: 8/21/2015 12:50:00 PM
To be honest Mike, I have never used fav's. I'm not sure, but I think the site post's new poems on the home page. I'm personally not up too much on all the ins and outs of this site. I write and comment and that's about it.
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Mike Martin
Date: 8/21/2015 12:15:00 PM
Thanks. How do the favs work? Some people view my work as soon as I post it. So I presume they get a notification? I don't get any notification about my favs. Or perhaps the # of views is not meaningful?

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