Love Poem: To the Contrite Ones
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Written by: John Beam

To the Contrite Ones

You are not alone, though you feel the way                                                                          in the weight of silence the fruit drips from your eyes                                                     Though everybody hurts it is only yours today                                                               Eclipsed by the river, It does not feel like a good cry                                                                        as wild horses drag your heart through the dust                                                                     in the gloomy town of contrition, Remember                                                                       For all the loss, for all the wishing wells that bust                                                                    broken and torn as the cold winds of December                                                                                        blow against the already lonely and battered                                                                     You can’t take away the love that was shared                                                                              You come to know what really and truly mattered                                                                         As the love flows from your eyes because you cared                                                                      The growing pains will remain but always there is love                                                          To bind all the wounds of time setting free the one faired                                                                            So your spirit may fly once again far above                                                                                             Happy with no more tears signed your Love