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They Only Seek Justice
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They Only Seek Justice |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England 
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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 Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning [This message has been edited by Marsha (edited 01-19-2001).] |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Marsha~ you said it perfectly~~ Excellent write!  -SEA |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
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 |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
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. |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Woman I am on my feet here applauding...this is such a strong powerful piece...you constantly amaze me darlin |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
this... just-is.... wonderful *g |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
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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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
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 < !signature--> 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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