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[catid] => 1
[aid] => Mick
[title] => Give Me
[time] => 2003-04-05 16:25:00
[hometext] => In the poem I ask for time when in reality I just want my life back...that will never be. I will never be the same, and things will never be the same. As I find healing, God calls me to reveal the truth about what happened. He has asked me to confess and ask forgiveness, for my part, from those I have wronged. This brings me to new stages of mourning and surrender. (If you wonder about the event...read my poems The Quilt, Coping, and I Saw You on The Streets Today.)
[bodytext] => Anger Rage All un-caged Turning to another page Give me one minuet Give me an hour To unleash An let my anger flower I’ve hidden it For too long Pushed it back Knowing the wrong You pushed the issue into the dark Let me be angry Just let me be mad At the way I was had Give me one hour Give me a day For me to scream And in silence pray I want to feel it I want to move on I want the light That comes with the dawn Let me have this day Just let me smolder Turn from red to grey As the anger grows colder Give me one day Give me a week To dig through the depths Into the soul I seek Desiring the light To clean out the dirt Scattered with anger Dusted with hurt Let me have my time To prepare this heart To confess my part in the crime That tore my life apart Give me one week Give me a month To forgive your transgression Without your confession Freedom is here Not quite enough Revealed to God No longer able to be tough Let me continue To move into the light Let me regain My lost precious sight Give me one month Give me a year To humbly face My greatest fear To unveil the truth for all To be submersed in the light Humbled by God Transparent to sight Let me not fear The light or the truth Let me not loose My family so dear Give me one year Give me… [comments] => 3 [counter] => 497 [topic] => 48 [informant] => LJ [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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