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John Chris Risner
life
heart
love
will
time
mind
hold
find
stand
pain
things
eyes
built
night
left
day
fall
long
people
smile
hand
cold
moment
sun
truth
keep
speak
silence
dear
forever
lost
feel
face
tears
fear
black
broken
meaning
seek
thoughts
road
sense
walk
days
place
forget
head
dark
man
full
moving
dead
hope
sound
pray
side
set
stood
soul
dream
friend
live
care
path
apart
carry
fate
free
turned
dreams
close
times
tight
decisions
bed
chance
echoes
clear
forgive
share
future
faith
tonight
strong
feet
rose
cry
finds
late
true
yesterday
wrong
sorrow
happiness
looked
hear
filled
haunt
lies
fears
wonder
heavy
thin
faced
weight
golden
hate
pressed
remember
peace
met
girl
answers
holds
rain
tide
escape
streets
lay
lift
best
reason
light
son
tall
grey
earth
ago
shoulder
regret
passion
nights
hands
shine
tower
strength
burned
beneath
grow
cries
dry
blind
brought
forlorn
corrupted
good
hide
walls
feels
question
beat
air
takes
risk
lips
sea
help
halls
cruel
hurts
breath
crowd
sight
feeling
dare
buzzing
presence
skin
high
watching
tongue
despite
quiet
push
reaching
death
waiting
lose
sore
held
search
paths
happy
matter
enlighten
boy
lie
taught
thunder
tomorrow
catch
warm
waste
morning
arms
longing
choices
pride
heavens
wind
teach
persevere
learn
leaves
wisdom
shades
hair
hoping
questions
claims
stone
moon
clue
wander
silent
aim
fast
waters
pushed
recall
bear
lack
consumed
mask
burning
hit
brings
focus
explain
blood
fades
skies
grows
beauty
forgot
silently
ground
tread
cheeks
bad
mine
stares
glance
key
red
call
desire
awake
smiled
bleeding
opened
felt
doubt
promise
change
answer
walking
casts
realize
sky
claim
open
comfort
today
stay
betrayed
doors
searches
ashore
disappeared
pressure
gates
swallow
core
shattered
purpose
ring
died
thought
move
small
bitter
crawl
misery
blackest
inside
brown
great
hero
shadows
wipe
outstretch
deep
eternity
wait
spun
shade
saved
retreat
shines
big
loves
faceless
stays
weary
sits
quakes
color
chose
logic
sweet
dearly
pure
watched
protect
suddenly
swore
heard
damned
needed
knew
track
cross
devout
taste
asunder
villain
untold
grasp
grief
step
lovely
wanted
embrace
star
heaven
falter
thinking
waits
eyed
leave
sin
reach
upside
control
dreamed
watch
avoid
fortune
holding
seeks
distraught
destined
tightly
screen
walked
unkind
stumbles
knowing
busy
born
fade
turning
longs
absence
presses
spoken
kentucky
breaks
tab
gate
disavow
gently
blues
afraid
break
bring
confused
routine
reds
laid
hills
city
cheek
tainted
rest
dance
hearts
quietly
hours
sat
invite
washes
ocean
understand
pipe
stars
forward
familiar
memories
completely
dares
safe
figure
vision
meeting
lights
untrue
falling
despair
numb
bridges
slips
fright
stands
shared
mile
planet
game
closed
bright
helped
sealed
hushed
spoke
purge
careful
fly
sweep
lonely
darkened
fading
blackened
god
faded
nature
bone
pull
crust
turns
grin
envelope
darkness
falls
accept
sleep
turn
finally
whispers
happened
stroke
answered
impulse
brand
walks
pass
believed
wide
sought
drift
raced
unconditionally
inclined
hardest
mercy
misunderstood
miles
worms
carrying
bears
hell
depths
surreal
devours
touch
statue
fingers
unknown
outstretched
wrath
listen
weeds
chosen
eiffel
futile
par
renowned
strips
towers
voices
blunder
hollow
bury
fit
declare
deathly
values
fraught
space
refute