"Atoned"

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Atoned

These walls stained crimson red

A century of souls stolen 

A prison with doors widespread 

Held by a promise of roads golden

Though today, inside, hope stands

Hope in a frame ever so small

Hope before my eyes never to disband 

Hope always there when I call

A moment of heaven right here

A time of life so right

A moment not lost inside the sere

A time saturated in light

My mind silent and stilled

My heart lost in its own beat

Lost in this life I built

Lost in those eyes so sweet

Tender, lucid bits of sanity

Draped in skin and bones

The epitome of humanity 

Life once again atoned

Haley