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A Saint’s Prayer

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

How much more must I suffer with tears of injustice?
How much longer must we listen to evil men saying: Trust us?

I see the innocent being slaughtered and the evil goes on.
How much longer must we endure seeing all this wrong?

Father come quickly I cry in despair.
Your creation is ruined; its in need of repair.

Pour out your mercy in kindness and love,
Then rain down your fury from heaven above.

Destroy what you’ve made in the lake of your wrath,
And let us find rest for our souls here at last.
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Written on October 29, 2006

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 17, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX AA BB XX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 506
Words 109
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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