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Rivers of love run through my crimson veins From the flowing spring Which is my heart The crimson flood whispers in breaths Like a musical feast, a banquet Indulging my senses Graceful and unbroken, the flow Pours through my naked life Leaving light and laughter Rushing across the rocky places Where I have been hurt Replacing pain with compassion The crimson flow breaks apart the past Into bits and pieces of memory Where they can be left Like a lingering touch, sighing softly The warmth caresses my thoughts With feelings precious – hope Waves of this running current moves in me Calling out to the energy within me With love that is intimate – intense Without this gentle love flowing on I would be lost, gone, vanished Beyond the reach of prayer Inside these crimson veins, flows a love Brighter than the tides of change More alive than my fears or pain Love like this leaves its mark on my soul Shouting through the silent thoughts About the truth of giving fully

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Date: 2/12/2021 1:53:00 AM
Emotions run high in this poem. With God's help pain becomes joy. Wish I had some of that joy. ~~
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Date: 2/11/2021 8:49:00 PM
Beautiful write! A favourite! :)
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Date: 2/11/2021 5:53:00 PM
Very inspiring, Regina... I like how the pain has been replaced with compassion and love... May it always be so! Peace, Gershon
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