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'The Unhealing'

By Matthew K. Brown

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Twilight come quicklyAnd spare me todayAllow me to slumberTo dream past the painWrap me in cloverSo I might blend inThen show me the place Where all life will endBless me And leave meUnhealing needForsakenAnd shakenBy weakened kneesSwept by the virtueOf immediate strainI search for the road homeBut I'm caught in still framesBless me And leave meUnhealing needMistreatedDeletedFrom the health color greenSweet mercy I beg youTo wipe my slate cleanThe scars on my lifelineProve time is the unhealingBless meAnd leave meHealth color greenMistreatedDeletedBy weakened kneesTwilight come quicklyJust take me away... Written August 26th, 2001 © on Aug 26 2001 05:46 AM PST   0 • 1

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"Twilight come quicklyAnd spare me todayAllow me to slumberTo dream past the painWrap me in cloverSo I might blend inThen show me the place Where all life will endBless me And leave meUnhealing needForsakenAnd shakenBy weakened kneesSwept by the virtueOf immediate strainI search for the road homeBut I'm caught in still framesBless me And leave meUnhealing needMistreatedDeletedFrom the health color greenSweet mercy I beg youTo wipe my slate cleanThe scars on my lifelineProve time is the unhealingBless meAnd leave meHealth color greenMistreatedDeletedBy weakened kneesTwilight come quicklyJust take me away......"

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