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What Words Can't Express

March 4, 2013
By digyBritt SILVER, Rochester, Washington
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"be in love with your life. Enjoy every minute of it." -Jack Keronae

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With a drowsy heart
and heavy eyes
I hoped someOne
would hear my cries.
Limp as they were,
and damp as they hung,
my soul scorched inside me
and the screaming was done.
Though quiet I was
and tired my words,
my soul was flown high
by a million birds.

© Kena A., Huntsville, AL

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