Marva Seaton

Believe in yourself,
And what you can be,
And not what others,
Think that you are,
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Today I pray Dear Lord,
That you will hear me,
A voice from a place,
Where right now,
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I saw, not for the first time,
Traces of tears mirrored in your eyes,
But the tears lost, for you did not,
Once let go of the smile,
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Whisper a dream upon the wind,
Softly, caressingly,
And peacefully still,
Whisper a dream,
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Apple blossoms, the smell is in the air,
I cast aside my doubts,
The grass is green, the sky is clear,
Spring burst forth in a profusion of colors,
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Rain drops pitter patter on the roof,
as I look in your eyes,
The touch of your gentle caress,
make me want so much to forget,
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She plays the dutiful wife,
she pretends that everything is all right,
But alone in her bed at night,
she wonders who she is fooling.
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They told her she couldn’t do it,
but she proved them all wrong,
Poor, bare foot country girl,
wanting to be doctor?
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Love don't live here anymore,
It left a long time ago,
And all I had were shattered dreams,
And thoughts of what could have been,
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I drank in the sweet scent of your perfume,
And momentarily it chased away my gloom.
I was afraid to look into your eyes,
Afraid that I would not be able to accept the truth.
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Let’s wage a war against,
Violence and crime,
Hostility, retribution, hatred,
and revenge,
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I bared my heart,
I bared my soul,
And they bled me dry,
Drop by drop the blood flowed,
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As oft we moan and groan about our broken hearts,
Of the love we had and lost, of the one who was insincere,
And whose promises and words of love were false.
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The heavens opened and the rain
poured down,
At first in soft showers,
Which steadily grew stronger,
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I see in your eyes,
Reflections of me,
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I close my eyes and reality sinks in,
The past, the present intertwined,
A vivid contrast of what was and what is,
And yet if one digs deeply, it is clear
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I love your smile, the twinkle in your eyes,
I love the way your body embraces mine,
I love the way you hold my hand,
The way you stroke my hair,
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I could tell from the smile that was missing form your eyes
when you looked at me,
I could tell by the way you acted surprised when
I entered the room,
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She watches him leave and it pains her inside
that he has just told her yet another lie.
She fakes a smile, for deep inside she wants to cry,
She closes the door and wish it was just as easy,
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I can go on,
In spite of shattered dreams,
And broken promises,
I can go on,
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