A saint who stumbles
Lucy bowed her head, her hands are clenched tight,
red, furious, she trembles at a life that has poured
out with nothing to be left on a wall staring blankly back
for walls of hearts must bow to gold leaves that dazzle,
forget hunger, try delightful and the yearnings of a silver
lining retreats, for the storm is larger, bigger, more daring
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