Angst Quatern Poems

A betrayal of innocence
leads to emotional collapse.
Every fledgling heart trusts its wings
before its flight feathers get clipped.

Nothing's more devastating than
a betrayal of innocence.
Songbirds cease to...

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"Turning circles around your heart"~
Dance off-feet and head pulled by tides,
Far still my rippling face's sight—
And overwhelming motions spread

I yearn to crash on your bosom—
"Turning...

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“What hurts the most was being close,”
remembering us as we were,
though I'm not feeling the sage moon,
nor pearl raindrops that kissed my soul.

Now I waltz...

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Seek shelter if you want to live,
when a tornado touches down.
Swirling, spinning winds launch debris
that's strewn through the air like shrapnel.

When whirling winds out-roar a...

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Cuffing Season

Frightful scenes of cabin fever
during the lonely cold winter
gives reason for cuffing season
and placation for the freeze in.

The physical shivers over
frightful scenes of cabin...

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The veil of youth obscures the truth
from minds susceptible to lies.
For they've never been exposed to
reality's underbelly. 

A duck-blind for opportunists,
the veil of youth; obscures...

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A cup runneth over surely prevails
Above dining table midst angst of dearth
Oh, bountiful supply that never fails
Since God pours always blessings with grace-worth.

Evidence of miracles’...

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If to be “woke” means to be aware
To have knowledge of hidden truths,
Then we have little reason to beware
For truth becomes our brightest youths.

I know...

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Their sadness sounds from distant hills,
Drums speaking strength, valor not lost
Calling warriors to give might and will
Victories now but at what cost.

Now drums guide dancers'...

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Love's an emotional minefield
where hope hijacks fragile feelings.
And trust cautions hearts not to yield
but bend, like a reed in the wind.

When innocence leads hearts astray,
love's...

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Christ was given a cross to bear,
born to save the souls of sinners.
And willing to die for their sins,
He forgave those that took His life.

If...

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Try to imagine being owned,
bought, and sold as one's property.
Denied your liberty for life
and fed to dogs for amusement.

When confronting racial unrest,
try to imagine being...

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Twin foes: aversion and desire
Let’s watch them moment to moment
These shallow urgings, ego sires
Plunging heart in discontentment 

Know that we are not mind-body
Twin foes: aversion...

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Flicker of disdain, cause of pain
It shouldn’t be so but it is
Bondage to imagined love chain
Her broken heart, distanced from his

Traumatic is separateness 
Flicker of...

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With jaundiced eye* affected by my heart
I do pray for enlightened vision glow
radiating truth of Scriptures’ rampart
toward perspective against falsehood blow.

Confessing personal biases’ blight
with jaundiced...

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