Boston Kelley

Peace is what I desire
for my heart lacks any aspect of it.
I am in a whirlwind of emotions
unsure of what to do.
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My heart is torn to pieces.
I am pulled this way and that by
contentment and dissatisfaction.
So much do I yearn for someone to
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Oh, my dear Emily, your blades have pierced this heart;
I am surrounded by the pleasant fragrance of your love.
So great is my desire to be in your presence,
for every day I long to seek your face.
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A lost sheep, am I, who has wandered from the herd;
mindlessly do I travel, not knowing the pathway before me.
Life charters a journey for each soul, yet the journey
I know not the final destination.
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The nature of man is but a fickle thing;
an endless mystery never meant to be solved.
Many faces and personalities does he possess;
ownership of numberless thoughts he is given;
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Oh, bright shining sun, where have you gone?
Where is your light that once lit up my soul?
Where is your gleeful smile that could turn the
saddest heart into one of joy?
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The darkness surrounds me, pulling me in
with its hopeless power.
I fall to the ground, my eyes welling with
sorrow. The tears beg to come forth like
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A war rages in this corporeal form,
and I am caught in its wake.
Two voices hammer away at me
as their offenses grow ever stronger.
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Great are Your mysteries, O Lord,
that they leave this mind puzzled.
The depths of Your understanding know
no bounds for an infinite mind reaches
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Powerful Love has taken me captive;
here, I sit in this prison of passion.
A tormented man has he made me
that all efforts to repel him have been
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Oh, my peace where have you gone?
Why have you left me?
Here, I sit distressed, my mind
a raging, stormy sea.
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Great is my passion for you, Queen of my heart;
The sight of you jolts my joy with a start.
Your beauty is fairer than the brightest day;
with you, I desire to forever stay.
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Too far am I from you, Lord my God;
the span between us is greater than the largest canyon.
My eyes have been opened and my heart convicted
as I see my true self in this reflection.
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Alone, in the sky, does that bright pearl sit;
without a companion does it live.
See how it changes throughout the years
moving from phase to phase; changing as it is,
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This youthful generation I speak of, yet my words
fail me to describe of.
I open my mouth, in criticism or praise, but pause me
for I am at odds.
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With these eyes do I view the world;
a wondrous gift I have been given.
Everything I find pleasing can I view
and admire for its subtle, serene beauty.
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The flowers do rot and decay,
their life without thee does not exist,
their gasps and pleas beg for thee to stay;
like them, my heart is in a twist.
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The weight of the earth cripples my shoulders
and I, like an insect, am crushed beneath the
weight.
A heavy stone I must carry as my legs quiver
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This life do I live, yet understand it, I do not;
it seems but a fleeting thing like sand that is taken
with the wind.
All human pleasure but lasts momentarily, leaving
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Alas, the earth has lost a soul, a treasured one
that touched the hearts of man.
Departed from us, we find ourselves lost in
sorrow and slaves to grief.
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