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[aid] => mick
[title] => Hope
[time] => 2013-05-08 02:49:06
[hometext] => A ray of sunshine in the gloom
[bodytext] => When cloud filled skies opaque the sun And darkness cloaks the brightest days, When backdrops, painted by despair Consist of only blacks and grays, When decency seems hard to see And chaos and confusion reign, It’s easiest to let it be And wallow in the joy of pain. “It’s not my fault; it’s not my job,” The songs are sung unendingly, Turning former battle cries To chants of mediocrity. The once proud standard of the race Of humans on the space-ship earth, Its banner shredded in disgrace, Lies torn and trampled in the dirt. Into this poisoned atmosphere, A being, far more thought than thing Swirls crystal healing from a well, That’s fed by an eternal spring. It salves the lesions of despair And levels out the glassy slope, So wounded mortals can repair Their pride and faith in its name . . . Hope. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 83 [topic] => 21 [informant] => davemus [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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