Peace Note Poems

                The Leader Speaks:

I just make believe I am a...

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With a lump in my throat, I thought "Is this it"
I never thought I would go down with the ship
 
As I floated in the...

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This evening never seemed so nice, at the end of a daylight breeze....
Sunshine without thick humidity
Where the crickets sing around me
A break from gray filled...

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I'm truly sorry, please understand,
But life's burden has grown too grand.
In shadows deep, I've lost my way,
Seeking solace in the night's dark way.

My heart aches...

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What is blackmail catering to one's 
own soul capturing fear in a mason jar 
watching the panting the empty air 
dissolving the beautiful wings extorting...

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In solitude, I sing my song,
My mother's love will live lifelong,
Though she has left this mortal land,
Her spirit lingers, close at hand.

Her gentle voice still...

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Throughout these unusual times,
May your hearts remain giving and kind.
And truly for us it has meant so much
That through these years, you have kept in...

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Bombs are not a solution to peace
nor missiles that carry them to ground
The bounty of the Earth 
is what keeps people around

Before a nation strikes
it...

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Though the west wind is, often, wild,
It blows, sometimes, miraculously mild.
It seemed I waited for such a tender time, 
To my stubborn friend to send...

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Silently I slide toward the evening
  during the day everyone sees the strong woman
  Struggling to hold back tears
  Thoughts that buzz,...

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7/21/22

Can't always be a fair bout
Got to air it out
Very little I've cared about
There's no need for prayers or doubts

You say I am, yet to...

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Capturing memories
With a net full of holes
Tends to let slip the good ones
And leave only trolls

Focus on treasuring
The joys that you feel
Instead of rehashing
Wounds that...

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Encamped in the local IHOP patio
Doing reconnaissance on the butter pecan syrup
I discern its malicious, aggressive intentions: 
To march defiantly down Mt. Stack
And wage a...

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You left early without a goodbye
I miss the sweet missives 
Those feelings tried to deny
My heart perfect way to express.

Love note every day enlightens the...

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(Life note to self — answer God’s call and walk hope’s hall with my head up with a heart of fearlessness, not appall) 

Living this...

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