Long Beyond the shadow of a doubt Poems

I Was So Lost

I had been raised in church but a religious church.
They did acknowledge there was a God but
His Son was pictured as dead upon a cross.  This
was the picture that I carried...

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I had for long been impoverished, as is often the case with writers,
Though I worked most diligently, at times even pulling all-nighters.

Rosy dreams kept me going, although times were frequently rough,
As black night fuels its...

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“In the journal, I am at ease.” — Anaïs Nin


Crisp, like the autumn whose blazing dreams
Softly whisper into the moments,
Embracing the night and kissing the dew on dawn,
Resembling a silent promise for gentle that is...

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Today I saw an old woman, gaunt and brown from sun exposure,
Her legs were thin from walking round and round downtown Nashville,
My stomach dropped.
Six months ago I saw the same woman walking in the winter...

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remember when recent-psycho-in-the
brief-spotlight, Texas Gov. Ricky Perry,
smiled at the camera in the debate o’ 
repuglicans & couldn’t remember the
3rd branch of government that he told
the nation watching that he would eliminate
once he became president?
remember that...

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People believe in evolution beyond the shadow of a doubt
Happy with the solution thinking science has all the clout
They never investigate in following blindly down the road
I'm saying wait, for in you the wrong seeds...

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God’s Calling You Out

I was walking along one day
When I saw a truly awesome sight
A tall man in white began to say
“I will conquer all without a fight!”

These were big words for a city dude
Out...

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haunter of the woods, 
woods whispering wishes,
like a heartbeat, still as starlight,
reflecting all the music…

oaks and birch, pine and laurel,
soothing barks, 
ligneous laughter, a morning sun
silent as dew, drizzled on the heart,
freeing the feelings to...

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I’m no scholar
I don’t know many things
I’m not so intelligent
That I can pass every test
I’m not a sage
A specialist or doctor
I don’t research all the details
Or have great thoughts 
My intellect isn’t rewarded
With trophies or...

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There are words I cannot say, forbidden by this world,
judges around every corner and whispers in the dark,
to speak the words unsaid a heart would be revealed, 
an oh so complicated journey I’m sure I...

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O precious codex, how lovely thou art to me.
          How do I pay homage to thee?
          ...

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Will I say: “I made a difference”? 
Will I say: that I stood out? 
Will I say: “I gave it my all, beyond the shadow of a doubt”? 
When it is my time that comes,...

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Can you find beauty,
 in things not pleasant to the eyes?
      Can you be nice,
 to things you don't recognize?

     Can you find sunshine,
 on a...

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One day seemingly out of nowhere

After my father's untimely passing

In the depths of my despair

Tortured crippled wailing praying daily

Blaming him for never stopping leaving

A miracle quite obviously too me occurred

As he must unto and through...

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Our love she lit on fire,
 Without a second thought.
   She has no idea of the
 Lesson that she taught.

   It is surely one,
 I will never forget.
   Allowed...

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Please be still my heart, the first time our eyes met,
Getting lost in your eyes, how could i really forget?
You tip-toe thru my thoughts like a theif in the night,
Then you ran with my heart...

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If I don't react the way you expect me to doesn't mean I'm weak,
And just because I don't react doesn't mean I'm naive,
When I see beyond the shadow of a doubt, and refuse to fuel...

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Clouded by thoughts of doubt
Wondering what things are about.

Sifting through the layers of mental sand
Looking to Understand.

Bringing things to a head
Feeling Feelings of dread

Not sure what I am wanting
But wanting something 

Having real answers to...

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From the moment i was born
I never knew what love was really about untill i grew older and with all your warm hugs and care made me understand exactly what love realy ment..and all through...

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Finally retiring down to sunny Tampa,
and moving into an old house,
noticed there was a bad termite problem
which I had to trouble shoot somehow,
my neighbor being into exotic pets,
suggested one that would help me the best,
paying...

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Can you imagine how faithful Job was?
He didn’t know why he was tested, because
He was totally ignorant of Satan’s insistence.
This manslayer could harm him even at a distance.


This rebellious angel wanted to believe,
That if he...

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You too have young ones
to sweeten your ears
by their melodious chant “dear mom or dad”.
Does it gratify your supreme authority 
to see them go without food for a day or two
before you spend to meet...

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There's a time for love a time for hate
A time to apologize 
A time for war a time for peace
To open wide our eyes

A time that is worth saving
A time to toss away
Just make sure...

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When times get stressful and you need someone to listen to the cares of your 
world, just remember you have a friend in me.

When you feel like nobody understands your thoughts and feelings, just 
remember...

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They are a number of believers in God
but do we really believe as we say?
what do we do when trouble comes?
go to God or just act like lumps of clay

God has provided all the very...

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