Short Straight Arrow Poems

pristine-white rudder
flapping wings of straight arrow
— God’s witness

7/1/2018...

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Lord, this
Stiff bow
Needs a straight arrow
My faith is resilient
Even though,
A flock of arrow
Have pierced this heart...

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I don't always get your literal direction ~ though worth reflection

your margins may be quite narrow ~ but you always shoot a straight arrow

searching for something tangible to feel ~ may not lead to a reveal
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A lack of a horse or a Harley had long held him back,
the curse of normalcy and no redeeming truck.

Some said he held himself back
others shrugged 
knowing he had already lost a race
he never dared to enter.

Nevertheless he plowed his own track
kept a neat furrow
a straight-arrow aiming steadfastly
to nowhere worth a mention....

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Glimpse of harlequin beauties,
engrossed my colorless sight,
like the angler hook.

Their fragrance swayed 
in the breeze and reached me,
like the straight arrow.

No one noticed the wonder,
Even,I could not go near them
or nudge them.

I pondered"Why are they alone?
How do they grow and 
for whom do they bloom?"

The flight of hungry honey bees,
answered my silly questions
 "God is Great"  

Seeds of hope are planted
in my heart,
by the Road side flowers....

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