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Premium Member Countless Years

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I've been here for countless years,
sought when fertile Earth required
embers got from barren peers
I brought light and life transpired 

Old before the lizards woke,
I've been here for countless years,
told in tongues when apes first spoke,
scrawled on walls their dung besmears

Now Earth's thinning atmosphere's
showing damage from her past
I've been here for countless years,
I won't go until her last

With her number soon expired,
so my slumber also nears
I am strong but I am tired...
I've been here for countless years

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06/24/2018

The Psalm of Shame

A coat of anguish, both bottomless and raw with fiery disgrace,
Armored blazonry not withstanding.
No parachute with wings.
God, have mercy on me.

Tormenting throes, crucifixion of the wretched,
Relentless against the herald.
No saving grace to proffer.
Lord, hear my prayer.

Sweet ritual purge not this massive spill,
Soul sick, impure with foul disgust.
My shadowed heart besmears.
God, have mercy on me.

Piercing agony, racked hopeless in black despair,
Unworthy, under the harrow I whisper.
My penance wrung sharply tender.
Lord, hear my prayer.

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