Long Unconfessed Poems

To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...

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~ In  His   Light  ~
 (  Mirrored Hourglass  )



~O~
 


 Love   Worship  Pray  Trust  the Lord

 Lord won't leave you alone

 His mercy will...

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MORNING DEVOTION

Heavenly Father:

I lift up travelers to You. 

I pray for peace for Jerusalem and safety for Israel. I pray that between one and all of Her children would come to a saving knowledge of...

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Talent
by Michael R. Burch

for Kevin Nicholas Roberts

I liked the first passage
of her poem: where it led
(though not nearly enough
to retract what I said.)
Now the book propped up here
flutters, scarcely half read.
It will keep.
Before sleep,
let me...

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" O I had a dream just late last night, when all the clouds were darkened
and they did not give forth their light.  When suddenly the sky split into
two different parts and a bright...

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Dear Heavenly Father, 

Please forgive me for unconfessed sins of omission, transgressions of commission, and the iniquity in my own heart. I confess that I have sinned in all of these areas. Please help me...

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"My love will always be
nearer my God to Thee."***

OH! "My love will always be nearer my God to to Thee."
By Thy never ending redeeming love, Thou has truly
Rescued me from all of my penalties of...

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I am but an ordinary woman resting in my easy chair after a long day of work.
However I am about to transform myself into a great explorer. 
I travel through the many realms of space...

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Beneath heavy eyelids woven from the shadows of the night,
In the gardens of silence, time whispers questions through the ages,
Why, amidst walls frailly built from the silk of longing,
Do I incessantly love the slender thread,...

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On October 04, 2020 I turned sixty six years young and I still remain a beloved daughter of Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son.  And the best years of my own earthly life, have...

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it took me six months to understand that the songs you sing me late at night
are not unsent love notes.
not unconfessed lust. 

just cliche and plagiarized

just songs that you like
that you want me to like...

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In the twilight of our thoughts, we thrash in the waves of unconfessed guilt,
Consciousness, a curse of silence, reveals the world in all its hidden cruelty.
We are lost actors on the stage of an endless...

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Is God a church of forgotten people?
Is God a loveless creed?
Does God reach down to the masses
and love them in their need?
People forget how to be people,
singing familiar, unfamiliar songs;
hiding their fears and guilt
behind their...

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What do you do
When you can feel the walls
Closing in on you
Walls
That are there to protect you
From the harshness of the world outside
Harshness of the world outside
Can they build those for your mind
Walls
That are there...

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Halloween is very near,
Stealing is what brought me here,
Where I'm going I can't say,
I just had to get away.

Driving in the pouring rain,
Those that do, must be insane,
Looking for a hideaway,
To spend my holiday.

I've been...

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In the cosmic forge, where stars knead their ethos, there words were born,
To be vestments for the pristine truth, obsidian fervor.
They interlaced, shining fiery like a swarm of fireflies in the twilight of withered memory.
Ruler...

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In this life’s journey, crying is inevitable. Expressed when trek becomes miserable, crying turns to wailing.  When sailing is torturous with shipwreck at the helm, crying is accompanied with grievous shrieks.  Sometimes, glorious...

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I picked up my tube of super glue
In hopes of piecing together
Sad lonely broken you
As I sifted through the bits
I wasn't sure what to do
Although there were many pieces
I was missing quite a few

Looking back...

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CHASTENING

A stern word spoken from above,
A word of warning, yet in love,
Sometimes enough to do the task
Of bringing wayward Christians back.
Some fall to circumstances’ strain,
Or laid aside and sick with pain,
Or surgery will often claim
That...

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With selfishness that had rotted my soul
Along foul stench of decay-causing pride
Succumbing to shame midst grievous defeat
For Christ’s blessed pardon, I humbly cried.

Midst unconfessed iniquities, heart fails
As vows toward holy striving lose might
Cognizant of transgressions’...

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We
      live
              this delusion
             ...

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We
      live
              a delusion
             ...

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In the city of silence, shadows dance slowly,
The garden of forgetfulness hides a secret lowly,
Dreams are born in minds that no longer believe,
People pass by, lost in thoughts that deceive.
Tolerance is the virtue of those...

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Tormented by unconfessed sins’ grief gloom
My soul is vexed from its self-righteous poise
Defying it draws me nigh toward angst doom
Denying thereby haunts me with guilt’s noise.

Justifying as human nature feat
My heart blames pride of its...

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Sitting alone under the moonlit sky, 

you made me realize,

my love wasn't enough for you to make a COMPROMISE.

EVERY TIME I wanted to turn to you

I was afraid you would find someone who would lean...

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