Angst Kyrielle Poems

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. 
John Burroughs

bursts of anger once ruined me,
my...

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My cleric’s collar starts to sting
a raw, red rash that won’t abate
when world news of horrors bring
send thoughts and prayers and meditate

There is no accident,...

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Sun, a flaming ball in the sky 
Waterlogged lands have long gone dry 
The soil of the land turned crusty 
Oh God, on us, have...

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darkness plummets on twilight’s peak
cascading like a gentle creek
veiled by the night, I must confess
I’m puzzled by shadow’s caress

at times, confusion stills my hope
like climbing...

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A brilliant sky - a hopeful day and night
But broods and churns, the haunt of beast and plight.
No kneading dough nor kneeling praise nor shout...

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How can I fetch what's inside me?
It's a mental scream I can see,
They had poured fear through my mind's crease,
Tears swell deep ache, I grieve...

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Precious peace, lost in the shadows
Stirring of doubt, regrets compose
Challenging hope with silent tears
Ghastly woes, brought to life in fears

Confusion slows the dreams, turmoil
Steaming within,...

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Darkness falls into endless sleep
Ego spawns, grows to overleap
This dark enemy gloats with glee
A silent death I shall be free

Demons expose the tools of use
With...

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Steadfastness of faith-altitude
Anchored by Sovereign fortitude
Such is my humble prayer-plight…
Lord, brace my trust-impact full might.

When angst prevails midst life’s pressures
Your statutes of divine treasures
Prop up...

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With indecision rode abreast
              Intended path becomes digressed 
   ...

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With troubled heart each day I live
and to your ear my cry I give.
Bestow your loving grace on me.
O God, my Father, Hear my plea!

Forty...

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Midst biblical knowledge
Along the verse Psalm 14:1* I acknowledge
Yet in self-exaltation along vested interest’s mileage
I cling to humanistic tenets gained from secular college…
Forgive me, Lord,...

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Love’s tempestuous when everything
aligns, and so it was the day we met
on a sandy beach in the late spring -
a perfect storm I cannot forget!

I...

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Let me then take this time with you
and gather rose buds gently laid
along this lane that seem but few,
but I’ll chance my luck pretty maid

Canst...

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What kind of people are we?

Veterans sleeping and begging on the street
Children without enough food to eat
Elders unable to pay for the heat
What kind of...

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