Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul: My Sadness is this, Dear One

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Monday, August 6, 2007

My Sadness is this, Dear One

My Sadness is this, Dear One My Sadness is this, Dear One: That you did not try to know me. Oh, I know you tried, But my wildness got in the way. Suddenly, (without warning, for me,) I was just another example of a 'bad man'. And what hurt was I kept trying to Defend my God-given-goodness, Not remembering at the time, That defense is already the beginning Of attack! You saw too soon: I am a skillful warrior, An archer, by birth, With horse's loins. You learned too quick: To fear me. How... Sign in to see full entry.

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