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Marsha
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0 posted 2001-01-18 05:30 PM



They Only Seek Justice


What does the child call in the night?
When fears crowd clouding their sight
When they live in the shadows of pain
Knowing and dreading being hurt again
Keeping their eyes turned to the wall
Listening intently for a certain footfall
What word echoes in their sobbing soul
Justice is the word that makes them whole

What seeks the heart broken and sore?
When it thinks love won’t come anymore
When it lies on the floor to silently cry
Knowing its chained and unable to fly
Encased in ice so it won’t know hate
Turning its eyes away from loves gate
What word throbs through this heart?
Justice is the word that makes it restart

What drives the hungry seeking to eat?
When they have no chance of eases seat
When their hands are empty of pities grace
Knowing another day of sorrows they face
So hungry they can’t even raise their eyes
While government show concerned surprise?
What word pounds through their ears?
Justice is the word that they long to hear

Justice for the poor who have lost hopes
Justice gives them a blessed guiding rope
Justice for the child who lives on in fear
Justice gives them a listening trusting ear
Justice for the hungry who seek needs end
Justice gives them a way the rules to bend
Justice for the heart that calls for respite
Justice gives them wonder and loves light


Marsha  
  

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Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
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[This message has been edited by Marsha (edited 01-19-2001).]

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1 posted 2001-01-18 05:34 PM


Marsha~ you said it perfectly~~ Excellent write!   -SEA
Marsha
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2 posted 2001-01-18 10:38 PM


Circe love, thank you, I wrote this one with real feeling. And I hope it shows
Take care love
                  Mushy
                    


Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning



Kethry
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3 posted 2001-01-18 11:13 PM


Marsha,
I love it when Justice cries out to be heard and is answered by a poet. Excellent!
write on
Kethry


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.



Paula Finn
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4 posted 2001-01-19 01:57 PM


Woman I am on my feet here applauding...this is such a strong powerful piece...you constantly amaze me darlin
doreen peri
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5 posted 2001-01-19 02:15 PM


this... just-is.... wonderful *g  
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6 posted 2001-01-19 02:42 PM


wonderful discussion of the idea of justice...could it be an enigmatic figment of one's imagination, forever sought, rarely found, if at all?
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7 posted 2001-01-19 07:34 PM


Kethry love, I always think that the best Justice is poetic justice, thank you dear heart for so much, but mainly for being you.
Take care
                  Slushy
                      

Paula love, I think you might be a tincy wincy bit bias love, but thank you muchly.
Take care as always
                 Mushy
                      
Doreen love, thank you so very much, as good as that? Surely not, love
Take care
                    Mushy
                        

VAS, well love as it happens, I believe that Justice has a way of happening and if it isn't meted out here, then it is meted out by the One. Thank you so very much I do appreciate you I really do
Take care
                     Mushy
                        
                    
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Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning




[This message has been edited by Marsha (edited 01-20-2001).]

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