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~~ Lord glean ~~
~~ the fields, for- ~~
~ Your benignity is my ~
only-refuge; cull-what is
left, loose-tamped-down-
broken, exposed ... raw-and
~~~ stripped; willing; I ~~~
~ lay-here-open; find in me all ~
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The dry-Summer sun; has beaten-
upon-me, Fall-winds have raged, left
their burden upon me and heavier-rains-
~ still, have-washed-a-way-at-my-soul; so-
~ much-so, that-now nothing-can-grow, and ~
now I long for a time, days-when I-was bountiful;
~ this-season-has-brought-me, to-want-for nothing ~
more but-the-pleasure, of-your-favor, because-patient,
~~ humble and reverent, honest, resting quietly I know ~~
~ that genuine innocence remains willing lying open full and ~
~~~~~~~~~~ aware thriving in its infancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~ Restore-my-faith in-such things-these miracles; secure ~~~~
~~ me ... allow for me this gentle repose, cover me-in-Winters- ~~
~~ cloak; provide for me a full recovery; cultivate-me-with-love ~~
~~ yes let Your peace-embrace-me in-the-Spring; sew in me, a ~~
~~~~~~~~~~ fertile-field. Sun warm me, rains, ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ return nurture me, so-honest- ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ winds may scatter forth new ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ seed; and others, may come ~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ again ... reap a crop of- ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ blessings pure-and- ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ sweet and-blossom- ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ for all the world- ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ around them ... -~~~~~~~~~
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Copyright © James Long | Year Posted 2009
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