Long There but for the grace of god go i Poems

Please listen to what I am truly trying to say unto you,
If not for the never ending grace, I still would be losing
face unto this very day.  

"But there by the grace of God,...

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 Bang! Bang! Who shot and killed
   Jeanette and Harvey Crewe?
 By whose hand was their blood spilled?
   The cops they surely knew.
 Two fatal shots rang out that day
 ...

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I been havin' a real bad day.
Nothin's gone right and my skies are grey.

I usually am quite chipper and kind.
Not a more generous soul will you find.

But today if it could it just happened to...

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Here before the grace of God go I !

I wasn't born into a pigsty 

Or my 1 daily meal did not have to be fetched 

Off the back of a charitable relief truck

Or pray the...

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Easy Practitioners of Another Voodoo

While I was counting the cost of steak
And while depressed about her over weight
He was counting grains of rice
She was forced into a life of vice

And while the self righteous contemplate
Judgement...

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We war with impunity

And weaponise such things as the 
beauty of flowers

And all for what ?

When come today we have to guard the statues and Cenotaph that commemorate our fallen heroes

Only for them to suffer...

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When I first took pen in hand,
I decided I'd like to write.
A poem about a man, who's black,
But my life was always white.

I've never lived in a Ghetto
Where each day is the same as the...

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…There, but for the grace of God go I…
Is a thought I oft used to think
As I cast a hasty, judgmental eye
Roundabout the coffee shop
And o’er the brim of my morning drink

…I used to judge...

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"There but for the grace of God, go I"... based on a quote by
John Bradford (circa 1510–1555) "There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford."


Tears silently spill from my eyes, falling freely from...

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The Things people will SAY in the Confessional!*

Silly things!

…Terrible things!

And then, they go away clean, and I am broken…
These things Christ is supposed to heal, and He DOES heal them, ALWAYS,
But He lets me bear...

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If healing comes from healing tears. 
Then why have I not I've shed them for years. 
I wake each day and say today won't be so bad. 
But am just sadly reminded of the things...

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Is there more joy than the sound of a child's laughter

long before they're forced to experience the life ahead

with its many challenges that are

enough to break the strongest will

though most succeed in becoming upstanding

and decent...

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The Wanderers

The Wanderers wear many faces,
They may come from nothing and other dark places;
With surviving skills amazing to see;
While we, untested, cry over burned fricasee.

There was old Annie in the food pantry
Which had a clothes...

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Yesterday afternoon on March 22nd, I had the paramedics transport me to the Emergency Ward of Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Washington. And I was diagnosed with Lymph-edema (swelling of the legs) But I praise the...

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Heard all from yesterday ,but today I do not hear
I had seen what was ,but today it does not appear
I felt the boldness within,  but today I am too meek
I was strong to hold...

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When god smiles apon your life each step you take is gold,
a perfect husband,ideal wife to love you till your old.
No ripples on your still waters just pleasant calm apon your lake,
blessed with sons and...

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A thank you

To sit alone after day when family have fled,
I mull around the misty thoughts in my head.
My metal struts coldly resting against the wall,
This scaffolding of security to prevent my fall.
To feel insecure...

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An old man staggering and begging
Outside the doors of Walmart…
There but for the grace of God go I

Perhaps most look askance
Not even giving a second glance…
There but for the vagaries of Fate go I

Does the...

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"There but for the grace of God go I",I heard them say,then they passed an addict begging on the streets and walked away,
They call themselves God's children and through Gods lands they roam,but the homeless...

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Don’t Pass On By

He is my brother out in the chill,
on nights when shelters have reached their fill.
I give him food, a blanket too.
It’s only the least that I can do.

She is my sister, out...

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( El Faro means the lighthouse)

El Faro #1

salt is in my tears
for the grace of god go I
Fiddlers Green awaits

El Faro #2

brothers and sisters
Joaquin cries tears of sadness
forever leeward

El Faro #3

El Faro now rest
sleep deep...

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Somewhere in this world today,
An addict will quit drugs or alcohol.
In a Recovery Program, or try his
own way.

I know it's so cool to have a loser
around.
But give it up, folks, many sober
people abound.

You don't know...

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*Being Conned*
Written: by “Miracle Man”
7/16/2018

My entire life I’ve considered myself high strung,
So I’m weary of people who treat me as if dung.

Some people borrow money without repay intent,
Then ask “can I work it out” once...

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I work in retail.  This Tanka sequence was written while I was having trouble with a particular individual:


Homeless and dirty,
Aggressive and obnoxious,
Sometimes even worse,
Though he severely tries my patience,
I let him ramble till he's...

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Inmates In Death Row

http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2018/12/death-row-inmates-kin-bow-in-apology.html?m=1
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Hohoho...
There, by the grace of God, go I...
What if, we did not have the opportunities we took in life.......
These inmates once seriously erred in their early years...
Now condemned to death after being...

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