Life Abides Poems

You asked, how can I laugh and live
And show no sign of fear to give?
In anger's grip, I too shout real loud
Yet, also in tears,...

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The snow lay on the land ln soft folds
some deep, others were a sprinkling.
Sound was hushed by its blanket
Leaving a quiet stillness in its wake'

Layers...

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I start my afternoon hike up a mountain trail.
October’s sunlight, the vestige of Indian Summer,
dapples my exposed skin with welcomed warmth.
Sun’s rays are gilded tendrils...

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Love sought me out
Never leaving me in doubt
From my Mother’s eyes
Shining bright, alive, life-size

Love silenced all my fears
Wiping away my tender tears
Reassuring my soul of...

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There was a time when I was so young
I was uncertain, didn’t know which road
Was the right one, the way for me to go
The place...

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Three things in life last forever 
 Faith, hope and love
 The greatest is love
 God is love
 He that abides in love
 Abides in...

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In Faraway Land, Where Sweetest Rhapsody Abides

In faraway land, where sweetest rhapsody abides
there is hope and smoke in tight little curls;
with life's mysteries and all...

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The world pauses in expectation, a waxing moon 
The timepiece whose silent ticking is heard by 
The worm within as it gnaws with urgent force....

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Watching mundane seconds tick away
Linked together they form passing years
This flimsy chain around my neck does not betray
Nor can my stinging eyes squeeze back the...

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Still Abides

One must realize.
The “He who created life”
Still above abides.
Why does He put up with us?
Thank you God for love divine.

Poetic form:  Tanka
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