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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"