Marilyn Poythress Poems

I was born in pride and passion, and Providence made it clear
That honor, faith and justice came, when I brought freedom here
Today I stand at hearing rooms; I walk down hallowed halls,
'Mid echoes of those patriots who answered freedom's call.
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Can you place the stars in motion?
Can you form the oceans reef?
Can you turn the mountain forest green?
Oh soul, in Unbelief?
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Now I'm alive for the first time, Before I was entombed..
Wrapped in earthly fetters, A sinner from the womb.
You opened up my blindness, You loosed my speechless tongue
You healed my heart of sorrow, My new life has begun!
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