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LOVE

by Jeffrey Murrell

I HAVE SURVIVED THE SILENCE


A heartbeat
The moon,
A sad pulse
Dim glow,
Memories of a dream that got blown.
Listen to the sound
Of my heart and you'll know
It's hard, but I've still got some soul.

How is
There love
For seeds I've
Not sewn?
oh, the agony of being dumb!
Fate is a bitch,
So seething, so cruel!
She's raped me, and stolen a hope!

There is
A way
In which I
Shall go,
Each step will be painful and slow.
Faith gives me strength
To carry on as I do
But the memories will haunt my soul.

But I
Have sur-
vived the si-
lence, love;
But I am not a fool.
For I've returned
To something, my love!
I have everything, although I've lost you . . .