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[sid] => 123508
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => exodus (a lament)
[time] => 2006-07-21 20:21:46
[hometext] => Conflicts, wars, natural disasters, and at the heart of them all, people just like you and me - it seems the right time to post this one.
[bodytext] => (photo by J.B. Lamont) Exodus: A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment Yes, we値l go down to the water, And draw it over our heads We値l go into the water, As if into our beds The land is now forsaken, The laws are set to flight Our children have been taken, Our houses set alight What is left there for us? Our hearts are hollow shells So we値l go down to the water, And sleep beneath the swell Where痴 our lord and saviour? All day and night we prayed But our prayers were tears in fire As our future was betrayed So we値l go down to the water, And rest in ocean痴 deep The tide will gently kiss us, And draw us into sleep Down into the darkness, Where all our hardships cease The pain and loss and sorrow, Cleansed in sweet release. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 180 [topic] => 39 [informant] => spike [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 50 [ratings] => 10 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Grief )
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