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[sid] => 60819
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Guilt's Destruction
[time] => 2004-08-20 14:42:31
[hometext] => a poem about the power of guilt to destroy
[bodytext] => I had it once – That light divine So bright and pure My soul did shine But each year that passed The light grew dimmer Twenty-one years later There’s barely a glimmer A good person – I am But that’s not what I seek Perfection’s my goal And havoc it wreaks Because it is something I’ll never attain I’m always let down Again and again Consumed by guilt From imperfections past I wonder each day How long this torment will last The answer is simple Though hard to do It looks easy on paper Until its advice you use Forgiving myself Of all that I did Accepting my faults That for years I hid Just trying my best To do what is right And then someday regaining That heavenly light [comments] => 1 [counter] => 155 [topic] => 61 [informant] => lizabeth283 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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