Memory Rape Poems

Density of orchestral tones,
Uilleann pipes,
Stride along tense and undulant waves,
Ripping the past into view.

Heat lightening licks my peripheral,
With each droplet of sweat from my forehead,
As...

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My father raised me to always be aware of my surroundings.  I thought I was!  I was invited to a party by my...

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In the middle of the night I ran myself a bath.
I sat on the ledge with my feet in. 
I sigh as I look down...

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Life

Life is full of pain, 
and I don't know why? 

I do in fact...
know the Lord, 
I know Him... 
by name. 
He is with me....

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On a never lonely street was  where I grew up
There  we played from morning  till dusk
 Then we woke up neat and...

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Windows

This is a time to look out, 
and to look in. 
First to see around all the edges, 
and then back into the mirror. 
...

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Glory in the Day

Your bright light...
is beyond beautiful. 
As You are King. 
That means everything, 
that it can and more. 
Beyond my reckoning. 

I long...

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One More

Raise the curtain, 
I am ready. 
Let's write and read together, 
for hours without end. 
Dressing up in costumes, 
singing crazy shanties, 
or Round...

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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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First Impressions
lasting thoughts...

Do you drink, do you smoke, 
do you toke, are you broke? 
What is important to ask, 
but more important to know. 

Did...

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Fading Paper Dolls

Slowly leaving things out, 
important and then, 
not so much. 

Angry people that believe 
they are slighted, 
or given less value, 
found wrong...
as...

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Gifts of Air and Water

A little more money, 
and I could buy…
exactly what my kid wanted. 
Yet I found, 
that it may not be, 
exactly...

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Happy Holidays

A grateful greeting 
to you and yours. 
The merriest of wishes… 
I pray directly to the King, 
in your honor, 
this holiday 
and 
forever....

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Gentle on My Mind

You play along the edges, 
of every memory worth having. 
You have been there since, 
I care to look back. 
I was...

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