Best Cleansed Poems

Burn
Texas
Smoldering
Ashes to dust
Scorching wildfires out of control

Everything you own gone in a moment
Consumed by fire
Into ash
Dead Earth
Lost

Found
New hope
From the ash
We will rebuild
From purified Earth God has given us



copyright 2011 Rd Pickett...

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A full day of rain
has washed away the grime
that buried this soulful pain
rendered speechless back in time.

TLH   4-26-13...

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wind howls through the trees
rhythmically moves the leaves
then haunting quiet

breeze stirs the senses
reassuring to the soul
awakens sleeper

storms blowing over
a refreshed feel to the air
no longer stagnant

mistral, clear the skies
though you are so strong and cold
inevitable

immerse me in nature's gales
cleanse my mind of all that ails

Haiku...

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A dark embrace, quiet and cold
Born to sink into this mould
The earth a path of perfect distress
Of wolves and sheep, I was made to confess

So empty then, in playful repent
Such guilt in awe of all that I spent
All protest thrown into the sea
My spirit drowned...

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I COME 
-DIRTY WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB NOW CLEANSED CLEAN-
I come
I come to the Father naked
He already knows my imperfections, my faults
Once clothed in sin now in his lost mind it is now covered
I come to the Father naked
In the blood of...

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I’ve searched the deserts of my soul.
Yes, countless miles and times.
Thirsting for a place where love
could quench, this troubled will.

And so, I roamed those stead less hills
on a camel draped with gold.
Glittering noughts, I had to give.
Love was mere wanton goad.

But now, I have (just)...

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 I come to the altar 
As myself broken and abundance and bent 
I look unto Jesus My Hope my savior it's only in Him
 I am saying call tells me that I am's God
And as His mercies rain I will I will follow Him...

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Bright glistening leaf

    Made shiny by the fall rain...

          Nature's housekeeping....

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I turned and stood to face it;
fingers ran all over me;
arms of the wind wrapped around
and played music in my ears.
Tattered stratus strewed the sky,
above me dragged and shredded 
Droplets pricked my tingling skin,
blown out from clouds to cleanse me....

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I  watched the pen bleed the ink
held by my hand, speak my thoughts
of deep love, of sorrow, of joy, 
of yesterday….like an unseen wound, 
I allowed my pen to whisper secrets, 
cry out loud feelings of beast or lamb. 
Bottled up pain, this cage...

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Scripture reference: Matthew 8:1-4

CLEANSED

See Jesus descending from the mountain.
They were waiting - the large crowd.
Eyes on him, they followed him.
Right away -
a leper kneels before Christ.

If you are willing…I am willing

You can make me clean…Be made clean

Immediately 
the leper was cleansed…Don’t tell anyone
Go…show yourself to...

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Oooo burn,
He just took your drive,
You gotta learn,
Picked up on risk,
Don't get mad,
Lifes a diss,
Made it home,
But the sins pull at me,
Arrested around every corner,
He stole money,
He ate too much,
Living life and it's enough,
Make sure he lose it all,
On my way home sin city fall,
The...

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Broth of froth fulfils its duty
Calls me forth for cleansing
Seaside summons with her beauty
Sordid sins, my drama mending

Tickled toes consume her tulle
Shell gems of replenishment 
Roll readily, her threaded spool
Thighs swarmed by her punishment 

Then she tugs me, draws me down
Fuelled with force which drives...

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The Paint Movers.

The old boat sits in the dry dock. Layers of shabby paint covering the vessel. The boat wears a mask of magnanimity, like a woman about to apply a mud pack.

The old boat has a date with the cosmetic warrior's, who come clothed...

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Stiffly staring
from a faded
frightened far
is a sullen
silken star.
Scornfully
scattered behind
it’s skittish
skin of scolded
scowling scars.
Youthfully
yearning
for a life
contentedly
cleansed in
candlelight....

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