Three Faces of Love

Three Faces of Love was written for Voce Magna and their director, Randall Speer, in connection with their work with the Women’s Choir of the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee. Poet Laurie Lund was a member of the choir.

BROKEN WOMEN

Battered, shattered, crying out,
these women feel the pain.
Hide the hurting deep inside
and think that they’re to blame.

Painful deeds and tear filled nights,
they’ve suffered this and more.
Crying children they’ve held close
while listening at the door.

Friends and family wonder why
they stay, and stay, and stay.
If you love the one who hurts you,
what is there you can say?

Break the lock and take our hand
and we’ll help set you free.
Let go the shame and fear;
our strength will be the key.

IN YOUR EYES

ln your eyes I see a million stars,
a thousand nights of love,
a hundred kinds of kisses.

ln your eyes I see my future,
my loneliness banished and
my arms never empty again.

ln your eyes is hope for mankind..

ln your eyes lie my answers…

ln your eyes I see God;
His wisdom brought you to me,
a gift for things l’ve not yet done.

WARRIOR MARKS

Nightmares past haunt me
in the dark,
Their cold and heavy hand
reaches for me in my sleep.

Scars on my soul
that will never fade:
They are the warrior marks
of a true survivor.

None of that can
hurt me now.
I am beyond the pain
of my past misdeeds.

Now lam looking
ever forward,
Seeing my future
clean and bright.

–Laurie Lund
(used with permission of the author)