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Author Dana Redricks
May 31, 2023
Life has taught me many lessons, some moments of bliss, but some of depressions; Each day a new challenge, each day a new test, but I count my blessings and strive for my best.
The greatest love I have known is from Jesus Christ, Who gave His life to offer us eternal life; I cling to His promises when the going gets tough, and I thank Him for His mercies that are more than enough.
Each battle that I have fought has shaped me into who I am, made me resilient, courageous, and strong; Though hard times are painful, I wouldn’t change a thing, for they have refined my character and pushed me to keep on moving on.
So bring on the struggles, let the challenges arise, for I know that God is with me, He hears my cries; I will keep counting my blessings and living with gratitude, and trust that every lesson life teaches is part of God’s eternal plan which has made me Brand new.
Crystal ball, thy spirit.
Cast thee a mighty spell.
Vision sacred, let's hear it.
Voice of mine, pell-mell.
Tress and trawler, set thy hooks.
River bed to dredge.
Recipes we learned in books?
Formation, wild wedge.
Coal, control, bell toll, sail, soul.
Down the delta wide.
Wasteland, when you set a goal.
Woe, when you betide.
Chicken farm, thy tender.
Politics, tough thy game.
Doubtless, O defender.
Katabothron, quay, claim.
Current, channel. Atmosphere.
Particles, spread out.
Cloud cover, sere or severe?
Cannibal, red rout!
Trickle, stickleback. Code crack.
Fortresses, thy stack.
Under attack? Dinner pack.
Flak ahead? Shellac.
Yawndrift, yucca, yellow eyes.
Oceanic rift.
Circumspect the council's cries?
Petrify, wood. Gift.
Bank, holding of money.
Tornado, spinning fast.
Clown, well, life is funny.
Mead honey, my good ghast?
Good books enrich
Your journey quest,
Learn to now niche
Your lavish best.
Start where you are
With ample hope,
Dare dream on par
To feel fond scope.
Joy comes to mind
To see the truth,
Love helps you find
As work sculpts proof.
Be patient then
With learning how,
Map your own plans
Right here and now.
Each step you take
Will help put right,
Your heart can make
Your vision bright.
Look deeper still
And learn to be,
Forge your free will
With love you see.
Join heart and mind
With soul within,
Peace in sure kind
Starts deep within.
Love is the way
Of journey quest,
Live well each day
And do your best.
Learn to discern
What's wrong or right,
Work each concern
With a stern light.
Live happy cheer
In rough and tough,
Let love draw near
Lest fear clouds stuff.
Be good to all
No matter how,
Through sweet and gall
Live love right now.
Use your good health
To cluster cheer,
Use your grand wealth
To help ease fear.
Each man must grow
To master fear,
Learning now shows
That love draws near.
Live and love well
Those near and far,
Frame show-and-tell
With grace on par.
Life as you know
Is but a play,
Each soul's brief show
Speaks prompt short say.
Your journey here
Comes by God's grace,
Live feisty cheer
As light greets space.
Be good and kind
With grand good cheer,
Your peace of mind
Transcends all fear.
Purge all malice
That envy hurls,
Fill your chalice
As love unfurls.
On this good earth
Each dawn brings zest,
Live your own mirth
As moments fest.
Live well and see
Your floral scent,
Love comes to be
Each day well-spent.
Honour greets grace
With happy strides,
Light shines to trace
Such lovely rides.
And when you die
You will leave bright,
Watch love lift high
The sighs put right.
Leon Enriquez
22 October 2018
Singapore
He shamed, he criticized everything
Nothing at all was ever good enough
He taught, he tested the pressure, did sting
He pushed the perfection and being tough
Conditional love, unable to reach
Nothing at all was every good enough
His way of living was having to teach
All about power, competition too
Conditional love, unable to reach
The only way was to quit, to get through
He thrived to win, but failure was instilled
All about power, competition too
To survive it all, one must be strong willed
One must find self to overcome it all
He thrived to win, but failure he instilled
His actions finally led him to fall
He shamed and criticized everything
One must find self to overcome it all
He taught, he tested the pressure, did sting
Heidi Sands
7/29/19
I’ve been listening to your eyes
The way they smile the way they cry
Pulling for miles red heart’s insides
Little crows feet forming thin lines
Telling what tickle’s mahogany mind
Or what pickles in memory’s teal time
You’ve got hearts on a string
Obedient like art got them trained
Glance from you like calling name
Love is a Lion and so we roar
Walking the tightrope high above floor
Fearing only the one we adore
For if you abandoned us
We’d be lost and scandalous
Preferring tough love not lust
Serve us like plates of soul food
For amethyst audience to consume
Each heartbreak an amber art bloom
Will you tire of the balancing act
Do you desire playing with fact
Unconditional love you wear like hat
Even a broken clock can be right
Once a day once a neon night
Is it time to say green goodbye
To a love that is so strong
Despite dilemma life long
Heart holds on to you like a song
Love of a toxic parent is wild
Makes us licorice laugh makes us smile
Makes us mad facing facts despite denial
You know how I sometimes wish life would be easier
then I realize with easy comes self reliance
and we can’t depend on ourselves
the air that we breathe comes from somewhere
- a higher power
that power decides whether we stop breathing
or continue living
so if your days feel like it’s getting tougher
if you feel all your strength has deserted you
it has not; you still have the ability to think
you can still embrace what life offers you
even if its heartache, tough times, difficult people
somewhere out there someone
would take all your difficult moments
just to experience life in all its facets
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Old man hands, rope-bitten, tough as reef—
Cast out hope with each line’s heave.
Dawn broke red over Gulf Stream bone,
The sea, she whispered, leave it alone.
Tug. A jerk. Then nothing but weight—
Like pulling on the edge of fate.
It ran deep, godless, cold and true,
A thing too big for a world this blue.
Reel sang like a drunk in pain,
Salt in my eyes, sun on my brain.
The boat spun slow in its quiet fight,
While silence grew from a vanished bite.
I lost it—yes. Not just a fish.
It took something a man can’t wish.
A piece of soul with silver scales,
Gone where the dark tide never tells.
I lit a smoke. I let it go.
When you are
lonely
sad
unhappy
No matter
where you are
the place you’re in now
or how deep you have sunk
Know that
there is always a tomorrow
those who lead sometimes follow
success is measured by you
I will be there
to hold you up
give you strength
embrace your soul
Life is
lived one day at a time
each moment counting on its own
from blessing to blessing
Hear
my voice to guide you
through times that are tough
for you are never truly alone
Let your
thoughts be bright
even when it doesn’t seem all right
all the while remembering I am holding your hand
Andreas Simic©
I lost the love of my life today
I held her hand as she slipped away.
Although my heart wished she would stay
I told her to go, that I’d be ok
for her suffering was too much to bear
And to wish her here would not be fair.
I lost the love of my life today
I’m struggling hard to find my way
She was the one who held me strong
When life was tough and all went wrong.
She was the one whose strength I clung
She was the one my soul had sung
And now she’s gone and I’m on my own
And alls I hear is this endless drone
My mind is numb and my body weak
My soul it has no words to speak
I lost the love of my life today
I Don’t even have the strength to pray
Except to say “dear God Oh WHY”
Why in the world did she have to die?
Paints and films of death grow; signs of our times,
crowning rundown; the Asian Unicorns.
Rare large mammals, forest-dwelling bovines,
with nearly two feet long parallel horns.
They're found in central Vietnam and Laos,
adults reach up to thirty-three inches
up to shoulder height. Captive breeds rehouse
like schemes, lacks hope as they're on the fringes
of extinction. The poverty levels
are high in the region, local support
are tough. Technical and medical specials
aid base programs and worldwide food import.
The two hundred-twenty pound primary,
famine ... charities ... complementary.