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 She cries out loud "God where are you?"
barely able to say the words, her limp arms
hanging by her side.
Darkness surrounds her, fear grips her soul,
she holds on to hope for things which will
NEVER BE AGAIN.
Lost in life, misplaced, grasping for something
she can take hold of to keep her from
going under.
Drowning, and no one seems to notice,
her tears are disguised with a smile even
on the worst days.
The world never hears the silent screams
that comes from within her broken heart,
her lost soul.
If her pain could be measured it would
exceed the depth of the ocean, the height
of the highest mountain.
The emptiness consumes her, day
in and day out, lonliness knows her
by name.
Should she dare have a positive thought
or focus on one good thing, memories
seem to rush in to punish her.
The ticking of the clock sounds like
thunder, the sun shines too bright, the
night is too dark.
The world goes on,  she is left alone to
make herself heal and recover everything
she has lost.
She feels so alone on this journey, isolated
in her world of despair, although there
are so many just like her.
There's no gun in her hand, but she's
in a battle, and the war goes on, she
struggles to save to herself.
Against her will, one foot goes in front
of the other, one day ends another begins
despite her desire to quit.
Somehow she must do the impossible,
go where she's never gone, be what
she's never been.
One way or the other, she will force
herself to rise, to stand, to face the world
and the challenge of the day.
The woman who was, is no more,
the whimper is gone, a new woman
is born.
Peace, oh peace that escaped her
comes rushing in to fill her soul,
once lost, but now found.
Time sweet time, so much wasted
so little remains, so many things left
for her to do.
Just one heart, one voice, one
life, and what a difference just
one can make.
She is the unknown hero, the one
who didn't quit, she won the war,
she survived, she overcame.

Written By Lucy Dudley
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