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Mercy Can Wait
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Mercy Can Wait |
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ladysixstring Member
since 2000-07-27
Posts 374
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You see a man standing there, something to say His voice echoes, but you can't hear And your friends say, drive away And your friends manage to avoid his gaze Mercy can wait... mercy can wait You make contact with those wretched eyes Yet, somehow compassion escapes you Poster between his hands, head low, words held high You're guilty of staring, but not of caring Mercy can wait... mercy can wait Eyes of an angel, glass in her hand Kneeling in the bathroom stall Her fingers bled as she etched in cursive Her soul on the bathroom wall I tried to look away, but I was too afraid As she said "Mercy can wait... mercy can wait" Somewhere beyond the shadow of trees Where it's safe to ignore the tears and the pleas We pray to the god of hypocrisy Mercy can wait because we're down on our knees It is there, you won't find me Maybe you... but you won't find me -jaimie Website: www.ladysixstring.com |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
from one rebel to another.... let me just say -- yeah!! the world gets very pharisiaical on it's knees... |
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ladysixstring Member
since 2000-07-27
Posts 374 |
Thanks for reading, Local Rebel!! -jaimie Website: www.ladysixstring.com |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
"It is there, you won't find me Maybe you... but you won't find me" Thank heavens we do care, well written..  HUGS |
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ladysixstring Member
since 2000-07-27
Posts 374 |
Thank you RainbowGirl. -jaimie Website: www.ladysixstring.com |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I have just been transported to a coffee house in the '60's hearing this poem come from the stage. Fantastic! |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Fantastically written... evoking real strong sentiments... regards to you Jaimie, sudhir. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Very powerful poem! I love that last verse.  |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
this reminds me of the homeless guy who followed me around for about a half an hour at the train station downtown one winter night begging me to give him a few dollars so he could clean the snow off of my car and i kept avoiding him and looking the other way, then turned to him and said, "thanks anyway" several times, but he wouldn't leave me alone, and finally i got really really pissed and said, "NO!! CAN'T YOU HEAR ME? NOW GO GET A JOB!" and even though half of me meant what i said to him, the other half has always felt guilty about not letting him clean my car and/or giving him a dollar or two... but actually, i truly suspected he just wanted to go buy some crack with it... oh well... my story... you're poem... and you're poem is, again, a fine write.. you are a bright light in these halls and we are honored to have your talent here |
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