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ADVENT

ADVENT

Purification
World of all souls mistletoe rose
Christmas tree healing

Joyful emotions
For giving the heart is key
To the wealth of health

Colds can be deadly
If we lack immunity
We are all fragile

Viruses present
Unwanted gifts at Christmas
To all believers

And of none but we
Shall remember those who died
In hospital wards

Last gasp for the world
Can our patient...

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PEACE   PURIFICATION   LOVE   CHRISTMAS TREE   HEALING   MISTLETOE   ROSE   WORLD   ALL SOULS

A poem as a Panacea

Suicidal, reclining on a sofa
Gazing at his partner’s photo,
A handsome friend of mine I got
He was by an overwhelming love smote.

To optimize hers and his pleasure to trim
She opted suddenly to desert him.

Buddy, what weighs so heavily on your mind?
Get it off your chest a solution I may help you find!

β€œAn attractive girl sweet-talked me into love,
She playacted as one sent from ab...

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poem   poetry   cure   antidote   purification

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