By kevin urenda
Date: 26 August 1999

I have a salve

I have a salve I have a salve
I make from my heart
that helps smooth over scars
in and on the hearts of others
It is a desperate measure
but the last gasp of hope
is not escaping from my lips
or from my pen
in ink on the page
It is substance of me

7/19/99

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