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Shelters of Silence

"In the USA, vacant homes by thousands thrive, 
while countless homeless struggle to survive. 
In a land of plenty, such homes stand bare, 
as lost souls grow, wandering in despair."

Categories: shelters, poverty, society,
Form: Rhyme

To All the Dogs in Shelters

To all the dogs in shelters,
Waiting for their deaths:

I hope tonight you dream so sweetly
Of fields so big and green; trees so high and protecting—
You don’t understand that you’ve been abandoned;
Your family is never coming back.

I hope you feel safe and comfortable
On your final night;
And when morning arrives, I hope you still feel happy
(Your face

Categories: shelters, anger, animal, death, dog,
Form: Free verse

Shelters

Shelters inside  of us
    another step to breath inside, 
                               a hill to climb up

Categories: shelters, adventure, angel, bird, birth,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Storm Shelters

I left at sixteen slamming the front door,
I returned at seventy-four,
gently pushing against rusted hinges.

I won't say I took a long road.
I'll not wail of the shortness of it.
It was just a road,
one that walked me,
flew me, rode me
tramped over me
took me high as low can go.

I'm not gonna say I am at the end

Categories: shelters, poetry,
Form: Free verse

The Cave Shelters Me

When I was little,
Escape remittal
I could hide in a cave
But the danger was grave

It was just in my head
The fear of the dread,
I didn't know
The cave was not my foe

I feared the thing that sheltered us
The thing that made us live
I should not have made a fuss
Fearing the thing that gives

I hid in a tree
And

Categories: shelters, care, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Sacred Shelters

If humane shelters
for homeless souls
with diverse bodies
were also sacred liturgies of passage,

Then sanctuaries for healthier transitions
could be good faith care-giving and -receiving communities
moving together
toward cooperatively-owned
and mutually-imaged nonsectarian theology
and regenerative healthy ecology authorities
and global positive energy wealth responsibility
givers and takers
speakers and listeners
inhabiting cooperative integrity
within WinEgo/WinEco diversity constraints
without toxic Yang/Yin competitions
to feel sufficiently safe
living evolved for greener

Categories: shelters, caregiving, earth, green, health,
Form: Political Verse

Left At the Pet Shelter Upon the Birth of An Actual Child

You are beautiful
We've loved having you
But you will never see us again.

You were our everything
You were the only one
But you will never see us again.

We have to leave you now
We hope life works out for you
But we will never see you again.

Categories: shelters, animal, baby, betrayal, dog,
Form: Free verse

The Leaf That Shelters Us All

Droplets of rain slide off velvety wings
As it flies toward the trees for shelter there.
After a drought, needed moisture it brings
Hiding under the leaf, safe without a care.
Wings folded, it waits for the storm to pass,
For the clouds to break, for the sun to glow.
Its wings to dry out, all is well at last
For the

Categories: shelters, metaphor, nature,
Form: Sonnet

He Shelters Me With Care

When I'm down and my troubles overtake me,
And I can't understand just what to do,
I feel so small and He's so far up above me,
I wonder can He really see and hear me,too.
My hope, I call on Him to listen,
For, I know His answers will be true.
On Him I pour my troubled soul,
For I know

Categories: shelters, hope, inspirational, me,
Form: Rhyme

Heiroshima Enemies In Your Homeless Shelters Making Fun Off the War Torn

its all for you right

Categories: shelters, confusion, health, history, introspection,
Form: Free verse