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I Wasn't Built to be Held
They say grief comes in waves, but mine is a tide that never learned to leave. It rests beneath my skin like a secret bruise— blue, purple, black where it used to bloom red. I carry silence like a language no one taught me how to unlearn. You told me I was too much, too loud, too sharp, too everything to be loved like something fragile. So I...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You, who hide behind cold walls built of silence and stone
You, who hide behind cold walls built of silence and stone, You, who sit at desks like sentinels of unseen worlds, I just want you to know that I see through your masks, through your porcelain smiles, For my eyes penetrate the invisible cracks of your perfect appearances. Behind closed doors and dusty windows, I feel your hearts beating, Like...

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Categories: built, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



I built a throne to hold my heart
Once on a day of ice and cold I set out to build my home a throne Dead cold pricked my skin And reminded me of its breath I sat upon a polished rock of guilt But that too wanted me dead Through more nights and days then I could count I built the best seat in man Not gold it was made...

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Categories: built, confidence, garden, life,
Form: Free verse
How Life Is Built
In order for something to be born Something must die This is how nature lives, the world This is how all life is built You can't leave and stay at the same time It is important to cross the threshold Hang the lock Be able to turn away From things that no longer benefit you Then the world will...

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Categories: built, life, perspective, success,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Was my home built above the endless abyss
Was my home built above the endless abyss, Why do I feel beneath my steps the corpses of ancestors whispering in silence, Like invisible strings tightening around my neck, reminding me, Mocking the memory that I am merely an echo of them, a speck of dust. The place I cherished as a sanctuary was just a cemetery of regrets, Why...

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Categories: built, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



The House, that Eli the deceased priest built for the LORD, conclusion and commentary
Conclusion of: The House that Eli, the deceased priest of the Lord, built. 1 Samuel 7:17 continued And he built an alter there for the LORD. Commentary: The two separate series are very interconnected. With part one involving the prophet Isaiah's and other servants of the LORD--answering his call into his divine service according to his divine...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House, that Eli the deceased priest built for the LORD, part ten NIV
Samuel subdues the Philistines at MIzpah 1 Samuel 7:2-16 It was a long time,twenty years that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all of the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD. And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel,"If you are returning to the LORD with all of your hearts, then ride...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that, El the deceased priest built for the LORD, part nine NIV
1 Samuel 6:9-21 continued But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand us that it happened to us by chance." So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves. They placed the ark of the LORD on the...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that, Eli the deceased priest, built for the LORD, part seven NIV
1 Samuel 5:8- part seven God's judgment upon the Philistines and Dagon, their false god, for their oppression of Israel continued. So they moved the ark of the God of Israel. But after they had moved it, the LORD's hand was against that city, throwing it into great panic. He afflicted the people of that city,...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House, that Eli the priest built for the LORD, 1 Samuel 2:12 parts five and six NIV
The Death of Ei 1 Samuel 4:18-21 part two (God's judgment on the House of Eli) fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He lead Israel forty years. His daughter -in-law, the wife of...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that, Eli the priest built for the LORD, 1 Samuel 2:12 part four NIV
The Philistines Capture the Ark 1 Samuel 4:2-11 continued the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked,"Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines?" Let us bring the ark of the LORD's coven- ant from Shiloh,...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that, Eli the priest of the LORD, built 1 Samuel 2:12 part three NIV
The LORD calls Samuel 3:6-21 continued "My son,"Eli said," I did not call; go back and lie down." Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD:The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said," Here I am; you...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that Eli, the priest of the LORD, built 1 Samuel 2:12 part two NIV
1 Samuel 2:28-29 the LORD's pronounced judgement on the House of Eli up to my alter, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your father's house all of the offerings made with fire by the Israelists. Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling?...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
The House that Eli, the priest of the LORD, built 1 Samuel 2:12 part one NIV
fork brought up. This is how they treated all of the Israelists who came to Shiloh. But even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing,"Give the priest some meat to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you only raw. 1 Samuel 2:14-17 If the man...

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Categories: built, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
You're not fat you are just strongly built
And I forgot to bring some extra slips. ,,Hey, could you lend me some of yours?" ,,I am sorry but I don't think they would really suit you" ,,No, that's okay thank you" I understand that I mean you know then they would rip off right? It's just, I why can't I just try them on for a minute? Or, Ah...

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Categories: built, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse

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