The great poet Maya Angelou wrote eloquently about pain and loss.
Words of bright, colors full
wrap the soul in comfort's wool
Words of dark, colors bare
wrap the soul in torture's despair.
Coated kindness, soothing cool
Lies burn the ignorant fool
Simple phrases, easily uttered
Damning life with hell's clutter
The world steals lives so young
Silencing songs yet fully sung
Mother's children picked before ripe
Due to the Devil's otherworldly spite
If we could have them back
Please give them back
Let us live a life to the full
Wrapped in their soul's comfort wool
Do not leave us bare
Wrapped in death's damning despair
Pain needs silence within
Guilt weighs heavy due to sin
Drunk to drown, Drug to bound
All to silence evil's sound
Wrong's anchor drags and slows
Dimming our life's vibrant glow
And though we try for a good life
We're entangled in barbwire's strife
Give us liberty
hold back death
Let us breathe peace's calming breath
Whisper lies, tickle our ear
Subsiding all our grumbling fears
Hug us tight, let tears flow
For peace we'll never know.
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