Exhausted, spent,
I lay at last,
Betrayed by my body once again.

I tried to run,
But ran too fast,
And so, collapsed, to fall again.

I want to run,
Away from this,
These decisions which I'm forced to make.

But weary, fretted,
Lay once more,
And pray the Lord my soul to take.

12/26/2001

Posted on 12/26/2001
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