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In Silence

Bloodied, battered eyes fall closed for the last time.
Hanging where he'd been left to die.
Surrounded by abundant beauty, 
Venom-fueled they stole his life. 

Innocent pure soul, 
Aching to be loved,
Beats for the last time.
Clinging, tied to that abandoned fence line. 

A story of hate, malice and crime,
Taken away a single life,
In sorrow would unite. 
A raging fire, to fight. 

In solitude, they stood, 
Earthly angels forming a love line. 
Wings of pristine white,
Tears falling as by memory they abide. 

This stolen life, 
That did suffer in silence... 



© 2016 Dell Anne Raye 
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(Written for Matthew Shepard, who was murdered out of hatred)