<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=532926" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Supplication</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Darkness descends<br>And the destination lying far behind<br>God! This supplication I do make<br>Give me Light, clear brilliant light! <br>Not to enjoy the wayside scenes<br>But that I shall not stumble and fall</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I ask Thee, <br>The wisdom to discern the Truth<br>For here, Truth is ever beguiled<br>Luscious smiles and sugary talks<br>Wrap the plots of devious schemes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I ask Thee, <br>The prudence to escape the snares<br>Laid by wolves in lambs' clothing<br>Behind the profuse praises of men<br>Lie the sneering taunts that wound<br>Beneath the velvety paws remain<br>The sharp piercing claws that cut.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I ask Thee<br>The courage to dissent<br>When forced to act out against my will.<br>The glitter of gold or the sceptre of power<br>Let them not dissuade me from my resolve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I ask Thee, <br>The power to resist<br>Justice denied, rights violated<br>The weak exploited, the poor smothered<br>The innocent accused and the guilty acquitted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I await<br>The peace to dawn upon<br>In a world where violence rules<br>Where hate like worms eat into the core<br>And the air rent with fears - illusory and real</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I await<br>The light to break into me<br>To see myself bare and naked! <br>My cavernous interiors hide designs - malign.<br>How I put on appearances to suit my face! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Give me Light! Oh Lord! <br>Clear brilliant Light, <br>Not to enjoy the wayside scenes<br>But that I shall not stumble and fall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Valsa+George">Valsa George</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=532926" data-title="Supplication de Valsa George" data-description="Darkness descends And the destination lying far behind God! This supplication I do make Give me Light, clear brilliant light! Not to enjoy the wayside scenes But that I shall not stumble and fall I ask Thee, The wisdom to discern the Truth For ..."></div> </div> </div>

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