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Silent Night

By:Lila Peters

Silent

Silent and dark

Dark and grim

Night

Silence was in the air

But so was hope

"Hope is like peace

It is not a gift from God

It is a gift only we can give one another"

This was hard to do

Yet all we did was

Struggle

Struggle and fear

Fear and desperation

Night

Fear was in the air

But so was friendship

"Friendships mark a life even more deeply than love"

Grief

Grief and pain

Pain and hardships

Night

Pain was in the air

But so was faith

"I have not lost faith in God

I have moments of anger and protest

Sometimes I have been closer to him for that reason"