Like balm on an open wound
Peeled back and cleansed
Washed and disinfected
Wrapped and bandaged
And allowed to heal at last

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From the battlefields of home
forced towards fear
and dark pathways
through infinite years
the youth condemned
will know heartache's tears

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Nobody understood my pain
or desire to not forgive
and growing sane
softer truth grew
new love is found.

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Sacrificed dreams
blood-stained scenes
desire denied.

My soul awakes
Night shrinks
Love is found

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Gas stations
I hate the smell
It brings back memories of a father
Greasy, stained hands from work

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The memories are closer
A faded face remains
Something triggers a scar
The love brings healing

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Bruised and wounded
Without voice
Something tests my heart

I come alive
To know and find
The needed love.

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Crumpled soul
Her screams silent
Haunting words never heard
Locked in lonely thoughts
They wondered why
She was so scared.

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The trials I knew
That tests my mind
His arms of love
Did know my heart
And love returned again

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How memories echo
Souls hardened
Turning love into power
A mother still cannot love.

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Justice sits to move
Probing the ugly scene
The victm's knotted entrails
Man's lack of remorse
will be found

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We awake - nerves tingling
For calm and peace tonight
But seeing his changes
Never safe from strife
Patiently we wait

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You understand painful dreams about the world
You know the insignificance of a child
Your contemplations reflect fallen humankind