Best Crossing Over Poems

It took the Israelites forty years
to finally reach the promised land.
I could well take double that time
till my long journey comes to an end.
Having trekked for endless nights and days,
faced many storms and hurdles on the way,
I would at last come to my destination.
Stopping at the bank of the river of fire,
an angel guides me,...

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Crossing over is fast to last for all eternity.

Let me linger a while longer by the sea of tranquillity, 

until I collect my bio, written in the water.



© Jun 4 2010 For Rick’s Sijo contest...

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Crossing Over

Dry your tears and pray for me
As I cross the bridge to eternity
Life is but a single breath
On the journey that we know as death
A brief pause…like a gentle sigh
For we are born, only to die

I do not fear this great unknown
For I do not travel this path alone
There is no reason for you...

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Foreword: This is one of the first poems I  put to paper.

A golden pristine morning,
  breaks across an endless sea of night,
 And drifting through the burning haze
 of breathlessness 
I see a stranded man mirrored in the waters of time
Searching for, and to find his heavens shores
In the midst of this hellish...

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crossing over…

her chilled breath
caressed my cheeks

no reddening here
just a darker ebony hue

the color collage 
of  foliage

canvassed my eyes
falling rainbow tears

dripping to nourish
mother earth

matting
her joseph’s coat

reflected by scattered rays
peeping through shuttered  skies

the bridge over the river of change
is indeed a delightful crossing...

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He awoke
to the sound of pouring rain,
the wind whistling 
around the windmill tower,
the aroma of homemade toasted bread
and coffee brewing on the paraffin stove…

In a daze, eyelids heavy,
he heard distant voices.
“He breathes like a sparrow.
The time is near.”
A tear fell on his frail hand.
In the shadows
the ferryman patiently waited…

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The world unseen has now been unveiled
Now that your time has come to make that
Long tunnel journey and as you go Crossing
Over into the light I know you will spread
Your wings and fly straight back to where
You came from there where there's nothing
But sweet peace in radiant glory...tho I hope
You remember me as you let...

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Crossing Over The River
If emotional cruel define gravity shelter for the weather would be not the house but the wood knocks
Pain and jealousy some time take the nail from the pavement what is it to know words that pin gambles of tales
Haste virtue counterpart agrees was every word of a phrase taking out of tempo
How...

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Through the eye of the needle,
Not to the left or the right
Dodging both on the comets tail

I streak into the light
My last wish out in front
As words melt in a fiery contrail

And with only one question
To weaken my heart
With only one thing to know

The seasons entwine
All beanstalks are felled
With the exit signs all aglow 

I...

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Spirits are all around us

Fine tuned in sensitivity

Temperature changes from hot to cold

Past history of mysteries told

Death follows in shadows coming out of nowhere

Faces seen in hidden corners of the mind

Bright lights shine then disappear without a trace

Anticipation mixed with fear apparitions suddenly appear

Messages from beyond with ghostly images invisibly drawn

Reaching out for comfort with...

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I've crossed over life's next great divide
Joining others from near as well as far and wide
A new world where memories are king
And one knows not what each day may bring
Seems only yesterday that I was young
Strong of heart and quick of tongue
Now I move more slowly down life's path
Stopping only now and then to look...

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In this life upon the earth
so much troubles we travel through
such is the divine plan for us
that our faith can feel so blue

But we must always remind ourselves
the Lord is continually at our side
walking with us holding our hand
helping us over every high tide

He knows the way that we take
for His eyes see far further...

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"Today I am a joyous soul for across that bridge I will stroll." ~ poet

seraphs serenade the skies
strains unheard by mortal ears
chilling the darkness with notes
of ethereal richness

solo arias announce
the soulful songs of shadows
crossing the bridge to glory
extolling the most faithful

morning follows the lilting
cadence of aural tenors
singing of godly brilliance
with sweet angelic chorus

home at once,...

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Through the eye of the needle
Not to the left or the right
Dodging both on the comets tail

I streak into the light
My last wish out in front
As words melt in a fiery contrail

And with only one question
To weaken my heart
With only one thing to know

The seasons entwine
All beanstalks are felled
With the exit signs all aglow 

I...

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some say the dead are lost souls without vessels ~ life on a doomed dinghy...

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