Long Intrude on Poems

It’s always a surprise to me
That people are so deeply anxious
Worried beyond what I could believe
Would ever frighten any of our beliefs
Horrible feelings that seem so miserable
Potently searing our dreams and visions

It’s always a shock...

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I feel like an Episcopal priest before losing his faith, 
a traffic accident thrown in his face, renouncing 
my faith even though my younger brother believes 
I'm more than just a human being, I'm sort of a saint 
without...

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A sliver of bright light
seeps into the darkness
Echo of voices reverberate inside my head
I'm in limbo,
I can't move
Am I alive, am I dead?
I don't feel any pain,
I don't feel much of anything
But there's a sense...

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Animal Freedom

A Christmas walk in soft sun of winter
Across crisp fields of umber and green,
A sharp breeze blowing with freedom
On their faces, aglow with the hope
Of seeing one again – a bird; their bird,
Soaring and...

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There’s a wish to wander in your cool innocence
and cruise the thoughttides of no
responsibility—so easily you wipe your
shoeless feet on the ever waiting door
mat of socialization. How can I help you keep your 
tender "souls"...

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LIFE
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Standing across the street she would always pray the rosary
In the cold, rain and heat, among the bustle, there she would be
Women would come and women would go, but there she just prayed
A daily continuous...

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Time eases the turbulent days,  
And with it comes a deeper understanding of all that life brings,  
For every journey through a shrivelled meadow, there is an invigorating hope, 
For every darkness in...

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This Plea send i before that day,
on this narrow neck of Land, 

As here  i stand on borrowed breath, 
in this uncertain plain of ephemeral filth, 

before the maker of all realms,
ere i be...

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Real life

  We clamour to be heard for our space which invariably 
 will intrude on others’ space which we dismiss in a torrent of abuse
we will not listen to voices of reasonableness.
We say...

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your so warm against my body
i need to feel you wrapped around me on those cold night
when
nothing 
is going right
and the world is lonely
for me
and full of strangers
who
use me
or 
intrude on my life.
when you're around...

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Out hiking one day I happened  upon a little meadow.
The sun was on its downward path and its light
shown gently . A quiet stream came from 
the northern hills and wound a ribbon through
the...

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Excuse me for inviting you
Over to the bright side with me.
I’m a smiling woman with Christian roots.
The bright side is all I see.

I count my blessings all day long.
Sure I have problems – that’s true,
But...

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Dead in the center of her heart I found a minotaur. 
Of all things a frigging minotaur. 
I stood puzzled as we locked eyes. 
When I stumbled upon him he was sleep with today's newspaper...

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Love and trust the battle within,
One of armor and one of cloth,
Both equal in strength and at a great loss.
Cornered by time to live again,
A moment to go back to where you have been!
The principles...

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It first appeared during their wedding 
along with the other gifts that were given 
by family and friends celebrating
as two hearts were made one and uniting 

Then it was seen again on the day of...

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H ow do memories retain the brilliancy of star’s vanes?
A nother time another place, would memories have such grace?
P erhaps, it’s simply distance, that works this mystery this mischance.
P oor substitute for touch this distance...

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My love for you grows more intense
All I have to do is think of you
How is it possible to feel more love
When the love in my heart is so strong
It feels like it could burst...

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As I stroll hand in hand in my beautiful garden
A kaleidoscope of colors surround me
We sit  upon the bench under the tree
And listen to the orchestral choir.

As the sun sets and night reigns
The woodland...

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