Long Urgent care Poems

The year dear Callie - my best cat ever - fell victim to cancer,
she had lived 18 wonderful years
as queen of our house, for sweetly did that calico rule our hearts.
I’d realized too late her...

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Middle of the night Caren is here.
She jumped out of bed, and she blew me a kiss.
My clue to stay put, next to the dog, no small feat
As we share the same body.

I decided to...

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Reminded that God sees me groaning in pain
Whenever I languish in gloom, and in misery remain
Earnestly hoping for His miracle to gain...
Now, I triumph in Him* for working in me around His love’s domain
…Since before,...

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If you are having a mental health crises there are outreach numbers and services available for you. Calling 911 a DCR, mental health specialists' can provide a home assessment. They  can evaluate a patient...

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How do you feel…
... knowing that God sees you groaning in pain
whenever you languish in gloom, and in misery remain
earnestly hoping for His miracle to gain???
     Well, you can triumph in...

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Are we testing open waters?
I never should have stationed there

We were not prepared 
Through the shame and sacrifice,
I was getting there 

All we know is shelter,
Survival, 
Yet we were unprepared 

Mark the way
through tunnels we...

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God sees the poor in spirit* groaning in pain
Languishing in fleshly miseries where they’re slain
Being ruled by discouragement that’s vain
While hoping for His miracle to gain.
God invites them to immerse himself in His loving domain!

God...

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She stands gallant 
For us: the staged pens 
Of growing knowledge
For the posted battle field
By honor to get hired 

She stands gallant
In lonely and scary dens
Tightly by duties pledge
For our efforts to yield
And live likewise...

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When I groan in my sin-inflicted pain
Languishing in misery brought by disobedience-stain
Sorrowing midst fleshly triumph so void and vain…
God offers to me His grace I’m unworthy to gain
...putting my life into His peace-quarantining domain!

When I...

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Whenever I remember that God sees me groaning in pain
Languishing in gloom, ruled by misery that has me slain
Earnestly hoping for His miracle to gain...
I thank Him for inviting me to immerse myself in His...

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Then:

naïve, sheltered, shy
what i thought
   i wanted to be -
an archeologist, Barbizon model (no proclivity),
a writer, a psychologist, a mom, a wife

Now:

brazen, talkative, traveller, open
   what i am -
a Christian, a...

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Just Stop Oil

" " PROTESTORS " "

Please 

Well go on then

If you are what you would have us believe

You say you are 

So dedicated and passionate about

Just Stoping Oil 

Here is an idea for you...

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In halls once filled with promise bright,
A shadow creeps and dims learning's light.
Reform, a word with noble aim,
Now, threatens all in education's name.

Standardized tests, a rigid cage,
Confine young minds upon the page.
Creativity withers on the...

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God knows me needing for urgent care
Beseeching for His assured welfare
Ailing with discontentment’s scare
While longing for His promises I treat as rare.
God brings me to His throne where at His blessings I can stare! ...

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When languishing in distress
enveloped around guilt’s doom
desperately pleading for forgiveness…
my hopeless soul wails for faith empowerment---
---trusting God to uphold me with His grace, along pardon’s bliss.

When forsaken midst dearth
seeking for relief midst financial crises
mournful over...

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There I was abandoned in guilt’s distress, enveloped with gloom
…within frustration-sealed room
…languishing in spiritual pain
...with my soul, in faith, pleading for genuine pardon to gain.
I praise God Who came to me with His love*devoid of...

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In my melancholic turmoil moments besieged with pain
As I groan along mocking injustice terrain
Languishing in misery brought by deceit of betrayal stain
Sorrowing* midst righteous verdict I hope to gain…
My God offers to me His grace,...

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Though gloomy, devoid of brightness’ stain,
Beyond the firmament… God sees me languishing in pain…
...with my heart pleading for His miracle to gain.
I praise Him… since from the sky, 
He spreads to me His loving domain!

Though...

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I found it curled in the shadow
of what used to be a hospital.
A slow hunch of fur,
the color of old bark—like the forest
had tried to grow itself a question.

It didn’t look surprised to see me.
Just...

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When I groan in my sin-inflicted pain
Languishing in misery brought by disobedience-stain
Sorrowing midst fleshly triumph so void and vain…
My God offers to me His grace I’m unworthy to gain.
I draw* near to Him, placing my...

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Monoku Series: General Hospital

i had a brain mri last month
    as expected, they found nothing

i asked could i do my own anesthetic
    doc said, "knock yourself out"

last week i...

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Though looking back I wish I'd called a Doc
The optimist in me hoped you'd get well
Your death to me came somewhat as a shock

For I was sure I'd emptied out the Glock
I should have checked...

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Urgent care is where you go
When you’re a little scared
That what you feel might be a thing
For which you’re unprepared.

You’d rather not spend hours in
A hospital’s E.R.,
But staying home is stressful
When you’re not quite up...

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I took my kids to the Country "Fair"
Where every price sure was not
Like five dollars for a cup of coke
Seven to ride the tea pot!

My young son fell off the pony ride
So drove off to...

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