Poetry

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© Jeanne E. Webster

Gone are the worthy grades in school
The family get-togethers at the pool
The drugs keep telling him he’s cool
...doesn’t realize he’s playing the fool

She’s waiting tables and turning tricks
Mind’s cloudy…nothing seems to click
Known on the street as one cute chick
...doesn’t realize she’s getting really sick

Preaching sermons Sunday morns and night
Those Bible verses he can so easily cite
A bottle of booze he’s hidden out of sight
...struggling to step back into the Light.

People everywhere are battling each day
Failing, trying to get back up some way
Keeping those demons somehow at bay
Oh, Lord, bring peace into their souls today

Lord, we all need your peace in our souls today.

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