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Mercy Rich and Gentler Still

Will Nielsen
September 11th, 2006
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Mercy rich and gentler still
Draw near us in this day ill.
Weariness consumes the soul;
Dread Burdens swallow us whole. Â

Does breath come through furnace flame,
When foulness, the gentle maims?
Should Mercy delay but some
We’d be waylaid, wasted dumb.

As oppression dark and thick dissipates
When the day it no longer obviates;
So our hope strains sorely, onward groping
In cells of fused light, bumbling, stumbling.

Mercy, a warm hand, takes ours,
Nursing us for countless hours –
Our butchered souls to life new:
Dread Burdens, we say adieu!

Mercy comes through flames of Hell
To bring us safe, make us well.
Burning brightly, light more pure
And with it hope always sure.

William J. Nielsen
9/11/2006

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