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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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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Two people united in holy matrimony,
joined by a love unequaled.
Two souls becoming one,
led by the Creator to each other.
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This lonely heart of mine;
so greatly it longs to be comforted.
Anguish and despair are my companions;
hopelessness and loneliness its forebears.
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A tempest of emotions surround me
bathing me in grief unimaginable.
A flood of hopelessness rises from this
tempest's downpour; I drown beneath
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These eyes of mine crafted to see,
Fail to be as the eyelids fall;
A tide of weariness crashes over me
Stealing my strength and mighty gall.
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O! Let the whole earth rejoice!
Let all that live speak in one voice!
This is a day that begs gratitude;
Do not seethe with a sorrowful attitude.
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I am a lowly wretch, a despicable thing;
Do not look at me and let me remember my failures;
Unbearable they are like flies buzzing about my head;
Their unpleasant odor and hideous sight offend me
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