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Cold Hearts on Warm Nights
EdwardDurden

We sat in the church, quiet, hungry,
 1
A stench carried itself through our midst.
 2
The distant sounds of screams and moans
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Would not let our hearts stop their unnatural rhythm.
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Guns were heard, yells of horror and defeat.
 5
The chains on the church door rattled
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And shook, as our fear slammed at the door.
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A bright light shone through the blood stained glass
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As we heard our airborne eagle attempt to fend off our foes.
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We turned back around to face the center of the aisle,
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Face the casket which held Natasha's rotting corpse.
 11
Nobody ever figured out why she did what she did.
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Afterall, she was the one who first recruited us
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Against the zombies.
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She had first armed us and made us believe we could win.
 15
So as we had retreated, as we ran away from the pet shop,
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Why would she stop, turn, and run
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Into the arms of a living dead,
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Whose skin was festered and eyes forever cold...
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and kiss him?
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Was it because she lost faith in the rebellion,
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Or because he was the only man she ever met
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Who didn't have a cold and hardened heart?
 23

29 Dec 04


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Airborn has an e line 9
Against the line 14
Whose not who's line 19
...Sorry but i guess since you were asking me how to spell some of these words I thought Id help you with the other ones you messed up. Ya. I like lines 17-23 especially the last couple of lines. Is this based on a movie? It sounds familiar. Hmm.
 — stellarskys6

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 — EdwardDurden

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