Family
When winds are rough,
And tear at hopes and dreams
When days are dark, and nights are tough,
And over-long, it seems
When bitter clouds collect above,
And ache and break and pour
We'll batten down the hatches,
Just like we did before.
You see, to me - we're made to last;
To wait, contented, warm;
To stand and know the past has passed.
For
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Categories:
family hope, encouraging, faith, family, hope,
Form: Free verse
Before my mom gave me birth
I’ve known my mother
since before I had a shape,
when my soul — a seed of silent stars,
was still searching for its furrow.
I was an imperceptible vibration,
a faint flicker in the chasm
between being and not-being,
and she — the only soil
where I could take root.
She never promised
time would be gentle,
but
she gave me her
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Categories:
family hope, absence, child, death, family,
Form: Free verse
Hearthstone Of Thy Fathers Love
Hearthstone Of Thy Fathers Love
Fatherhood exuberant and renowned is how you boys made me feel.
Exquisite was the taste of my tears as I felt the sensation of joy in both of your first cry’s!
The days, weeks, months and first years were somewhat overbearing however not once ever overbearing you were and will always be my
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Categories:
family hope, care,
Form: Free verse
The Journey of RCF: Tenure of Mercy
In a world of journeys,
A path we found,
A path woven with waves of emotions,
A path of laughter and tears.
RCF, a home of care we found.
RCF
A journey of change,
A journey of power,
A journey of unity,
A journey of voices,
A journey of love.
RCF, a journey that stretched us.
RCF
A journey where shyness turned to bravery,
A journey of learning,
A babe
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Categories:
family hope, appreciation, christian, devotion, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Poor man's Christmas
This is a belated Christmas poem
Poor man's Christmas
They lived so long in poverty and couldn't even afford a Christmas tree . Their Christmas would start the following day when xmas trees were thrown away
He searched the garbages for garland and bows and xmas wrap - anything that he could carry back .
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Categories:
family hope, christmas, family, hope, love,
Form: Rhyme
THE WAKE WITHOUT VIGIL
Time longer than rope
Chokes hearts dangling
In the reality of struggle:-
Grieving mothers and widows
Veil their grief in sagging bosoms
As they wail in excruciating silence:-
Fragments of men, void of hope,
View and count communal graves
Swelling with dirt burying the dead:-
(Buried are “The Wretched Of The Earth”)
In the neap tides of sorrows,
Mourners wade the airy blood
Of the children of
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Categories:
family hope, allegory, anxiety, death, extended
Form: Free verse
Twin Brother
We grew together in the womb, no knowledge of the world just one another
I leaned on you for protection as you looked to me for comfort and grace
And when our momma died and our dad went away
I want you to know I wished I could have taken sadness place
I’d filled you with joy and love
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Categories:
family hope, family,
Form: Rhyme
Christmas Dream Within the Child
I woke last night and read my Poe
and asked is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream of a dream?
I know what I don’t know what I know.
In Bethlehem’s cradle, a Child lay still
love's eternal flame, born to fulfill.
Mary, enraptured gazed upon God’s will
as rosemary-scented blessings breathed His name
and angels sang
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Categories:
family hope, blessing, child, christmas, family,
Form: Lyric
The Greatest Christmas Wish
The Greatest Christmas Wish
If I could have but one wish this season
I should chose wisely and with good reason
A wish to benfit all the world around
Something substanial and profound
A wish of some import, and wasted never
Reaching deep inside and bringing forth what's forever
I thought and thought, and then in flash it come to me
A wish
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Categories:
family hope, celebration, courage, dream, family,
Form: Rhyme
Burning Incense
Burning incense this morning
with a heaven laden heart
so many hurting right now
so this is a real good start
Angels are weeping and God
well His heart is bleeding
so many prayers are being offered
so many hours filled with hope
Rosary beads and mantras said
I refuse to believe its all over
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Categories:
family hope, appreciation, emotions, faith, family,
Form: Free verse
Maude's Last Stand
Maude’s Last Stand
(Rage, Rage, Rage against the dying of the light - Dylan Thomas )
They put me on the second floor
Now uniforms pass by my door
Starched and stiff they bristle by
Sometimes I’ll catch the nurse’s eye
The sister speaks to her clip board
“How are we today then Maude”?
I’m a subject now for observation
A
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Categories:
family hope, cancer, family, hope, how
Form: Rhyme
Lou
Kidding around, I called mother “Lou”
Short for Louella between us two.
She’d return the favor; call me “number three.”
At the time it was cute, now it’s precious to me.
“Thank you, Lou” always brought a smile,
A wink and shoulder shrug also beguiled
For only between us, we understood
The love that we shared, was incredibly good!
“Smells great, Lou” I
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Categories:
family hope, absence, devotion, family, hope,
Form: Couplet
Echoes of a Mother's Love
In distant lands, I roamed alone,
Leaving you behind, our bond unknown.
Each day apart, a silent strain,
Yet our love endured, through joy and pain.
Your tender heart, a beacon bright,
Guided me through the darkest night.
Miles away, my soul did yearn,
For your embrace, my love to return.
Promises whispered, bridging the gap,
Conquering distance, no looking back.
Upon my return, a
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Categories:
family hope, daughter, emotions, family, hope,
Form: Narrative
Money Can't Buy Love
Money can't buy love
That's what they say
But some don't believe
They chase it anyway
They are my relatives
But not my family
They have no time for me
They only care for money
They don't see my dreams
They don't feel my pain
They don't share my joys
They don't know my name
But I have something else
That money can't replace
I have friends with heart
Who
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Categories:
family hope, best friend, dedication, family,
Form: Free verse
Extant
Room number four white wall squared times glass door trim looks like the symbol pi~~I count
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Categories:
family hope, absence, blessing, faith, family,
Form: Verse
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