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A Penny in a Fountain
I throw the coin with all my might
 So my life could see a little light
 And not the gloom that towered so bright
 Around me all the time
 
 How happy would I be
 If all they could just see
 My wishes wondering free
 Just waiting to come true
 
 What would I give to see the day
 When people who are bad would pay
 And not continually get their way
 In all of life’s affairs
 
 How many tears must I cry
 Before the angels even try
 To help my life not be a lie
 But something I am proud of
 
 But until that day finally comes
 And my coins deep in fountains
 Come to god’s fingers
 To help my wishes come true
 
 I sit and wait
 In my broken state
 With my shiny coins as bait
 For god to look upon me
 
 And make a wish of mine come true
 And turn my life to something new
 Where mornings come happy and not blue
 And all rainbows are colorful
 
 How many years must I wait
 Wanting change with so much haste
 Because of my desire it is all based
 The dreaming never comes without sadness
 
 And the days pass by
 And I cry
 Wondering why
 Some people have everything… and others nothing
 
 But isn’t life just a game
 With good things but a lot of blame
 Wondering how to douse the flame
 Of anger and of worry
 
 But my heart tells me
 To not be
 Clingy but free
 For someday my wishes will come true
 
 Like flowers 
 After long showers
 The angels will not be cowards
 But be sure to look down on us
 
 When those days come
 My pennies and wishes
 Will not be in vain
 But the start of something new
 
 But as I wait
 They seem too late
 To ever catch my bait
 And make something be right
 
 A life of 
 Anything different
 Than this
 
 But alas it is not
 And my pennies
 Are spent
 On endless wishes
 And lost causes
 
 Copper morsels 
 Symbols
 Of better
 Warmer
 Happier
 Days.

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