dying in the bombing…
i feel the tears of mothers burying
their only sons.
i reel with the hunger,
of refugees and homeless families.
i hurt with the anger,
of the poor and desperate.
i can smell the failure,
that drives people over the edge.
i am imprisoned,
with those behind your bars…
speak not to me of hell,
but rather redemption and action…
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i am, become…
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redeem the time…
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small minds, small dreams,
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