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I'm just a Christian country boy from Swansea Mass.

  November 2023     18 mins ago

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I can hear the drums beating.

I hear the drums beating. 

Show me not your mournful life; it's all one empty dream. The soul is dead and slumbers. Everything is not what it seems. Your life is real, and the grave is not the goal. You return to the dust, and the grave becomes a...

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The pain in your eyes you cannot hide.

You can't hide the pain in your eyes.

If I could live life over again, all the happy moments you have given me through the thoughts of pain may linger. The one thing I do know is that our love will never die. It will always come to mind every...

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The whispering of the trees.

The whispering of the trees. 

One more night, I tried, but could not go to sleep. All the thoughts flooding into my head are pushing me down and sinking me deep. So I woke up and had to leave. The pain was strong and streaming down my face, so I...

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The flicker of a flame

The flicker of a flame.

The fear in me was growing stronger. I know you belong to me and no other. Somehow, everything was lost and forgotten in the shadows of the past. I lost you for lust, that was the reason, and now I lay here crying for you...

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The one empty pillow.

There is one empty pillow.

When you left, I could see the things you had scattered around the room. Frames of your father and black tank tops you used to wear—you said we would be together forever, and in some ways, you were right. But I still...

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