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What Comes Next... [Wattys 2014]

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Violet has never stopped running. She lives for the wind on her face, and seeing the blur of cars as they drive by. And she has real problems to run from. An alcoholic mother, an abusive ex-boyfriend, and the lowest grades in school. It's time for V...

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Where Could He Be

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by InspiredSilence

by InspiredSilence

                                    
                                              in order to hear me?
                          The idea of Heaven,
                          and God,
                          seems so outrageous.
                          How could God
                          let a boy like Jacob
                          suffer so deeply?
                          How could God let him
                          pull that trigger?
                          How could I have
                          saved him?