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ethome
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New Brunswick Canada

0 posted 2004-07-15 07:24 PM


I'll dedicate this little thing to Paul and his family....Believe it or not it does sing.


These gifts from my bloodline
are all that I need
when the road home seems blocked
and good times look bleak.
Somehow I will turn
a path I will find
through the mist and the suffering
there's a peace I define.

Through the grief and distraction
past christians and liars
I've pressed on through all things
I battled the fires.
But I can still learn
and faith I will find
when the cloud covered mountains
seem so hard to climb.

Now my body is my castle
my spirit is the moat
I'll circle my children
like a soldier of hope

Now the road to recovery
might seem weary and long
some of the old things
wasted and gone
But the morals of all greatness
are restored in the times
when gifts from Saint Selfless
are friends truly mine

Now my body is my castle
my spirit is the moat
I'll circle my children
like a soldier of hope

© Copyright 2004 Eric Lewis True - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2004-07-15 07:38 PM


Eric

Inspirational!  I needed this very song today...thank you.  

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
2 posted 2004-07-15 08:05 PM


ethome
Well done and it does sing.

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
3 posted 2004-08-22 10:17 PM


Ethome, sometimes the most meaningful poems come to one at a time when they need them most.  

Tonight, I needed this.

Thank you.

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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Glen Hope, PA USA
4 posted 2004-08-22 10:30 PM


Absolutely wonderful. ...and I have no doubt it sings as it almost sings when one reads it. Wonderful write...but I think I already saud that
Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09
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5 posted 2004-08-24 08:53 AM


Through the grief and distraction
past christians and liars
I've pressed on through all things
I battled the fires.
But I can still learn
and faith I will find
when the cloud covered mountains
seem so hard to climb.

Now my body is my castle
my spirit is the moat
I'll circle my children
like a soldier of hope


Ethome this is just so inspiring..
and PERFECT!  
Loved it.

Startime55
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since 2003-04-05
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Alberta, Canada
6 posted 2004-08-24 10:57 AM


It sings to heart and soul...An inspiration to read...**hugs**

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
7 posted 2004-08-24 12:47 PM


wow....glad this came back up...I'd missed it earlier


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