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Poetic Form: Free Verse

Revisited Respired: 2023 September 30
Originally Inspired: 2023 September 29

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Pin de Wlsghk en ?? en 2023 | Lineas decorativas, Marcos para texto, Dibujos de labios

Prayer At the Gallows

"Nobody favors a share ... for sins I bear, no one cares. Now that the appointed hour pines faintly, I stand in lights grace, a shadow no more, barring lives in my wake and none before. My cup did run over, right into me, and spilt nothing, and as I saw the empty cup, I prayed. Do tell, 'What does absence appear to be?' Shunned by God as a void cataloged life. Does it take some sordid form? If so, be it horridly misshapen, and be there a face that pulls night's veil, luring darkness to hide its shame, thus causing sleepless nights forevermore. A son and brother were I and then a husband, later, a father ... a family's man, thought I? Benevolence accommodates me naught, for charity had tipped over its cup. Hopes I join with lives once shared, those times when I was happy."
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Fowler Avatar
October 11, 2023 at 2:42 PM
Sadness broken by your last two lines dear William. A happy reunion awaits. :)
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Truly, whether life here or there, goes on, Linda. Aloha, William
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