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THE PRISONERS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She came among us and we lived
Last Line: Her heart, that was the swallow.
Subject(s): Prisons & Prisoners


She came among us and we lived.
As unassuming as the day
That seeks no boon or token
She came her elemental way
And healed us who were broken.

The faith that we had put aside
In years when we were master men,
Returned with her like flowers
The knowing spring lures back again,
To help the tired hours.

So we began to see and know.
She brought the light and taught the truth
To us poor fools of duty.
It was her unimpeded youth
That filled our lives with beauty.

They saw no change when she had gone.
But we, who seemed so very old,
Had snapped our chains to follow
Her face, that was the rainbow's gold,
Her heart, that was the swallow.





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