Short Teached Poems

My heart can't be reached 
My mind can't be teached 
My eyes I cannot blink
My life I can't believe
Untouchable I am 
Cause my words will not speak
But when my soul gives in 
Its my love you cannot seek
Untouchable I am...

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A Preacher and a Teacher
Dr. James E. Martin
©May, 2013

The preacher preached with all his might
Sunday morning and Sunday night.
The teacher taught day after day
In her unique and confident, scholarly way.

If the preacher preached
Has the teacher teached?
Or if the teacher taught
Did the preacher praught?

Interesting thought in all of this,
Or have I something amazingly missed?
I guess the answer may never be found
With all the geniuses hanging around....

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Another year is coming to life
Praying to the Lord for the wisdom
To live an existence that reflects
The faith I have in your mercy

That peace head the world nations
Flowing the faith between humanity
Ending the senseless conflicts that
Exterminate lives without compassion

Grant me Lord to leave behind in the past
The closed doors that teached a lesson
Emerging as a new creature to your glory
In the new year that gives a second chance


Amen...

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People saw me as broken pieces
Whose happiness is tied to wordly leases
Capable of hurting when picked up
I felt like an abandoned vicious pup.

Until you came and saw me differently
You fit your pieces to me perfectly
As if I was made to complement you
Like how orange-red is to sky blue.

In my wandering days love you teached
Your kindness touched a place light can't reach
You created a home out of what was left
With you pressing warmth, my coldness was swept....

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