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I Exist

June 2, 2015
By NeverStopTrying SILVER, Littleton, Colorado
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Unless a person like you cares a whole awful lot it's not going to get better, it's not. -Dr. Seuss

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I'm dead

with feet of lead

but wings, a golden yellow.

 

I'm blind

with scales that shine

but the waves are far too high.

 

I'm lost

with a blessed cross

but sin in my soul, all the same.

© Marina S., Vineyard Haven, MA

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