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Footing

i lost my footing back in april and found i was foundering adrift without a tether tied my soul no longer calm it was anguish at first to feel the pressing panic of my mind a palpable fear that i had lost solace in a constant will yet through the…

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Dine and Dash

the din was deafening all clamour and clash friends and conversation a dizzying dine and dash — 12/5/09 – 3

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Hard (i) (an edit)

someone said the test of love is making hard decisions– choosing, for another’s sake, the necessary actions; taking the proper path though strewn with rocks, watered with tears, and fraught with pain. for love chooses what is best chooses what must be shouldered, borne, and done, in spite of what…

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Driving

photons beaming, the skyline gleaming slow river flowing past the silver arch night sky brooding frosted wind blowing soft music playing over the car stereo — 12/4/09 – 2

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Foghorn Leghorn

dissociative phrases slip in and out foggy dew, fog lifted, foghorn, leghorn. ;) creative buzz, cackling energy welling glad to be free. free of the fog. there it is again, chase the pent up rush. ideas in a fuss, hear the thrush! now focus. crisp. clear, feel the clarity, contrasty,…

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Longing

a smile played on her faceaching, and lovelya dusky room and warmglowing red from tungstenmy desire is eager, cloying, lingeringand when i wake, it hurts

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New Love

i felt the swift and sudden dropso eager, engaged, and desiringbut also the slow and sober thoughtthat she matters more to me than self-4/7/08

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Last Breath of Winter

The scent of spring was on the air this morningBreathing deep a sigh after the rainWhite blossoms on the dogwood are breaking And the indigo tinge of magnolias Signal the last breath winter

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Solace

the rain fell softlywhile the choir sang of snowflakesand the mournful music washedover his lonely soul

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Conversation

my dreams linger lightly on the wispy wimpleof the silver softness of my pillowas i remember brightly the fine and fickleflurry of the early evening hoursi will greet the morning, and the blushing brightnessof the subtle sunlight as it creeps across the floorwhile i linger in the longing of the…

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Anna Mae Thompson

she was strongbrooking no obstacleas a woman and a daughtera sister, a wife, and a mothershe loved her familygiving without sparingwise, determined, deeply caringby breath and unshaking faithshe was my grandmotherloving and deeply proudleaving a legacy of gracehope born of faith and love

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Sound

in the stillness a quiet rooma broken deep, a silent loomthe dulcet braid, the complex wavethe deafening empty pounding rave

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Dusk

Softly the yellow duskDescended on the skylineAnd golden light reflectedOn the puddle after rain

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Stricken

I am cut to the quick, I am stricken,Undeserving of the mercy that You have givenHow can I make for my life a demandWhen all that I am is Yours to commandI grasp in my heart for what I deserveI forget that my life is here only to serveAnd I’m…

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Blood, Fire and Vapour

Blood, fire and vapourSigns above and belowWonders in heaven and earthDarkness, and a blood moonHis Spirit poured outHis servants declaringThe great and notable dayHis day, the day He comesThe day we are savedIf we call upon His name– acts 2:18-21

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