Under the infinite sky, where stars weep their light like crystal tears
...Under the infinite sky, where stars weep their light like crystal tears,
My thoughts weave into a silent dance, like a whisper of wind on leaves,
And I lean towards the heavy earth of unknown suffe...
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Categories:
abandoned children, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
ROCKS OF LOVE-FOUNDATION
...I hold three magic rocks, in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this reality behind, far behind…
The first rock led me to the garden of Eden
Where I witnessed ...
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Categories:
abandoned children, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Narrative
Today I Will Wander To the Brothel
...today i will wander to the brothel
those divine friends of Jesus
where i will intercourse
with the ladies in my growing Spanish
write some lines to ponder
while they wash clothes and bathe
i th...
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Categories:
abandoned children, anger, death of a
Form: Free verse
Psalm of Loyal Love
..."The 'Israel of God' is finished!
We have inflicted horrific wounds,
And we terrorize them further.
Their bodies are weak and brittle.
They are useless, broken jars,
Caught in the net we hid f...
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Categories:
abandoned children, bible, future, jesus, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Loving Kindness At Work
...Blessed recipient of God’s loving kindness*, my grateful soul, redeemed from sin-condemnation, now blissfully abides in His goodness. With the Lord’s graciousness, my worshipful heart basks in adorat...
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Categories:
abandoned children, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Haibun
Life Building Struggles
...Life building struggles
seemingly buried in oblivion chest
yet so vivid inside touched heart’s memory bank
resurrecting midst warm reunion testimony time
bursting out mixed feelings glow…...
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Categories:
abandoned children, blessing, character, christian, devotion,
Form: Narrative
The World Without My Glasses
...Sometimes I don't wear my glasses,
Sit beside the window, the glasses on my lap,
And the familiar world looks unfamiliar!
It's dawn right now, it's almost Fall.
The sky is cloudy today, very...
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Categories:
abandoned children, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Lyric
A Fugitive She Never Knew
...As still as night, her heart aghast,
she pondered of her fellow's fairing,
for word had spread of his capture.
She dreamt of blooming meadows past,
as butterfly spies enrapture
lunch baskets and...
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Categories:
abandoned children, allusion, family, happy, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Abandoned Children
...We need orphanages.
So abandoned children can be cared for,
receive three hot meals a day, be helped
with their homework.
We need orphanages to be
Quiet places where children can think.
A...
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Categories:
abandoned children, abuse, addiction, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Here In Nigeria
...Some where in Nigeria,
We sleep without light
Mosquitoes feasting on our body.
We are taken for granted,
We are abused morally and physically.
Here in Nigeria,
We see mothers abandoned chil...
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Categories:
abandoned children, africa, art,
Form: Narrative
Children of the Streets
...If I could put into words what I think and feel
It would be a never ending story, and I would not heal.
So I will write just what’s on my mind today.
For that won’t take too much away.
I’m thin...
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Categories:
abandoned children, childhoodchildren,
Form: Rhyme
Abandoned Children (Besprizorniki )
...besprizorniki
roaming the streets of Russia
no mamas to love
bereft of humanity
a million beating hearts sigh...
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Categories:
abandoned children, childhood, death, history, people,
Form: Tanka