Best Gratias Poems

LOVE THEM ALIVE...

I write with hot passionate streams rushing down my cheeks. 
Have you taken out time however minuscule
To contemplate the Romeo and Juliet that...

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The cracked spine of
the book I dropped
at the call.
A chip in my
windshield left by a
pompous *?#@! in a
red sports car as I
drive to the
service.
Rain expectorating
from...

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My joy at its best, my hurt at its worst.
My joy at your conception and my belly swelling.
 My hurt at your birth with waves...

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I love you for being my husband.
I thank you for all your love.
I thank you for being there,
A special person sent from above.
I thank God...

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The words of a heart felt letter "I love you I didn’t do it", fading into ashes.
The flames of the hostile words "I know you...

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There’s a girl, sitting at the back of the bar.
Waiting for a glimpse of the life that she’s always wanted.
She’s not looking for a fairy...

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Continuous, that vibrant stream of consciousness
above our heads, insouciant,
though lacking alpha and omega,
unassailable until
am uninvited. gracious guest.
a dazzling flash of spirit life
uproarious, descends.
For all we...

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Have you slowed your busy pace to take notice of a drop of rain? 
 As the sun glints through it, do you see its...

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My small pristine flower, crushed while yet a bud.
My young innocence stripped, left trampled in mud.
Walk away. Collect your cash, no emotion for me.
Little body...

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It has been years of terror, pain, nightmarish hell!
Little girl in faded cast offs, shuffled from back room to main office.
Disembodied voices, cubicles, paperwork, a...

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Lonely and alone, single now with the children my only comfort and yet a reminder.
The divorce a tug of war between me and her for...

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If a light  thinker,  I am superficial...
If ponderous,  I am the elephant
in the room, unwanted and unloved.
If I think at all, ...

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Walking through life all alone, 
I live my life in monotone.
Watching the days go by, 
I sit and wonder, why?
What purpose do I serve? 
What...

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The Things people will SAY in the Confessional!*

Silly things!

…Terrible things!

And then, they go away clean, and I am broken…
These things Christ is supposed to heal,...

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A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Seared flesh glowing red and orange.
Bodies within preform a lavish jagged dance.
Gyrating corpses with flame for tongue.
A camera...

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