POOL OF MERCY
The multitudes of human ruin litter the banks and wait for the movement. Still water runs deep in the pool of mercy. By sleight of the hand of mercy, the waters stagnate. Pain grows evergreen, tears flow perennially but the healing season remains to be seen. And they wait.
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