Hope Deferred

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                                                                        By J.L. Moore

Wicked longing,
Binds it in the burning breast.

Having lost what was never won,
Sorrow fills the emptiness

It wakes and wanes,
It churns and boils,
It's desperate cries are never heard

Love bleeds from the broken heart,
And bitterness engulfs the fractured soul.

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