Maybe There's a Sorrow That You Hide

Music: Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra--andante.
By Antonio Vivaldi.
Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-Share Alike license.

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Maybe there's a sorrow that you hide,
One that never lessens, never leaves,
That sings a lonely counterpoint inside,
Hard to hear but for the one who grieves.
Each child unborn is not therefore unloved,
Redeemed by tears that through dry streambeds move
So quietly the pain can scarcely breathe.

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