Elle G.

<p>Thumbs out on a desert road I am told<span><br/>Leads to nowhere<br/>Any shade is as good as the next<br/>If your shadow doesn&#x27;t go there<span><br/>Week seven: Did you really assume<span><br/>I&#x27;d find some solace from the letter in your room?<br/>Next life, could you kindly refain<br/>From throwing yourself at the mercy of a train?<span><br/><br/>Silence all, nobody breathe<span><br/>How in the world could you just leave?<span><br/>You promised you would<br/>Silence that evil with good<span><br/><br/>Hear me out, I have the floor<br/>I&#x27;ll give you my tears, I&#x27;ll listen more<span><br/>You promised you would<br/>Overcome evil with good<span><br/>Maybe this world is a barren place for a soul<br/>Prone to get lost<span><br/>But heaven still hounds from the smallest sounds<br/>To the cries of the storm-tossed<span><br/>Week nine: I am writing in the sand<span><br/>Any little clue that could help me understand<br/>Every whispered secret, every muffled sigh<br/>Every half-truth that was added to a lie<span><br/><br/>Silence all, nobody move<span><br/>I&#x27;ve got to know now what you hoped to prove<span><br/>You promised you would<br/>Silence that evil with good<span><br/><br/>Shame feeds guilt, guilt needs release<span><br/>You took it to God<br/>You made your peace<span><br/>And swore that you would<br/>Overcome evil with good<span><br/><br/>Every old demon playing back the crime<span><br/>If they needed blood, I&#x27;d have gladly given mine<span><br/>A Child of the Kingdom; still an invalid<span><br/>Forgive her, please Father<br/>She don&#x27;t know what she did<span><br/>Silence all, now go to sleep<span><br/>The water&#x27;s free, the well is deep<span><br/>How can we return<br/>That which we never could earn?<span><br/><br/>God, I long to see her face<span><br/>We haven&#x27;t a hope<br/>Beyond Your grace<span><br/>I know that You will<br/>Overcome evil<br/>For good<span>