This has been hard--unacceptable,
this life, unreasonable.
This grieving pain, extreme.
Such measureless rising
over such un-welcoming terrain.
The crying, the weeping,
a strain unbearable--
and justice fading.
The sorrowing refrains
and the heartless looks.
Printed in Reflect, Winter 2000
W.S. Kennedy, Publisher and Editor
Chesapeake, VA
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