Treasured Thoughts, Letter to My Church
Dear New Life Church.
A treasured gift hangs on the wall near the kitchen table
Like something brave, solid, embracing, and stable.
It's the portrait of the heads of Christ and a lion.
It's a precious goodbye gift from you.
When I look at it, I think of you.
A treasured gift sits on the floor in a book holder.
Inside
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Categories:
treasured, memory,
Form: Free verse
Our Treasured Children
Our Treasured Children
Protect our children, hand-in-hand
Teach them strength and to be aware
Goodbye to silence, goodbye to fear
Together we shall dry all the tears.
Oh children, our children
Stay safe and warm
Let the heavens protect you
And keep you smiling
Let’s educate, lets raise voices
Make sure every child has choices
A life lived free of fear and doubt
A world that
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Categories:
treasured, abuse, africa, age, angel,
Form: Free verse
Shadows Of The Mind
The shadows of the mind remain concealed,
time’s quiet veil upon wounds unhealed.
Treasured moments sleep in cloaked recess,
a history bound in silent darkness.
Two hosts bear witness, their truths untold,
hidden, unseen, by hearts grown cold.
Regrets spilled forth, like fractured glass,
unexplored journeys lost, they
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Categories:
treasured, absence, betrayal, heartbreak, lost
Form: Rhyme
Losing A Most Treasured Friend
My greatest sin was how I lost you,
For my greatest treasure was you.
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Categories:
treasured, break up, first love,
Form: Crystalline
a trove of treasured beauties
You
o p e n
my heart,
you fill it with love and care.
It's now an~~o~c~e~a~n~~
limitless and full of
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Categories:
treasured, beauty, care, heart, love,
Form: Tanka
Treasured Moments
Endearing memories come to mind
Celebrations shared from the past
Timeless recollections from my youth
Those tender musings I hold dear
Treasured moments from yesteryears
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Categories:
treasured, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
A Box of Treasured Memories
Keepsakes are memories beyond measure.
I keep them in a box; each one a treasure.
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Categories:
treasured, meaningful, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Treasured Memory
Treasured Memory
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Quietly dreaming ‘neath azure skies
Amid the leafy woodlands
Where no distractions are found
And on the air, so calm and still
No sound, save that of blackbird in the thorn
Into this calm comes the soft rustle of the rowan tree
Blue dragonflies dart to and fro
Like butterfly or fairy wings
And warm brown frogs move among the whispering reeds.
That
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Categories:
treasured, memory, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse
Treasured Lessons
Precious years have come and gone, not a few,
Robbing us of times and things we once knew.
Troubling times whose clocks, we would have turned back,
Realizing now that so much was out of line and off-track.
Young and immature, we longed for things that we had not.
And presently, we wish that some memories would rot.
Notwithstanding, we have
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Categories:
treasured, life,
Form: Rhyme
Deathly Deceptions and Treasured Truths
"Eat from that tree, and you will die,"
and on God’s words, you can rely.
There is no need to question why,
It’s deadly God’s words to deny.
Fair Eve believed a fatal lie,
When she was told, “You will not die,
Wisdom, the good fruit will supply,
You will become like God on high.”
God said, “The soul that sins would die,”
“The
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Categories:
treasured, christian, death, evil, god,
Form: Rhyme
Treasured Place
Pockets are a treasured place,
Except when the laundry is done,
Then they are called a disgrace.
Everything of value,
Is all in one place!
Stuffed into pockets,
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Categories:
treasured, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Treasured Elixir
Flowers boasting lavender hues
Send fragrant messages through the air
Hoping for a butterfly's kiss
Golden winged butterflies
Are drawn to the fragrance
And delight in the taste of this treasured elixir
4-30-2024
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Categories:
treasured, nature,
Form: Free verse
A Treasured Single Private Moment Captured But Not Forgotten
Leisurely sat on a busy beach
A hive of noise and activity
A collage of shifting
Shape and colour form
Just casually surveying the view
I felt the hot intense expanding rays Of the sun
Scorch and burn my sensitive skin
As I watched the wrinkled sea of blue
Lap and fold
My hair was tussled and strewn
Somewhere in the near distance
The pulsating
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Categories:
treasured, blessing, happy,
Form: Free verse
Time's Treasured Worth
In the currency of life, a truth unfolds,
Time, more precious than silver or gold.
It slips through fingers, a subtle stream,
A treasure beyond what money may seem.
Moments are gems, each second a prize,
Countless treasures hidden in sunrise.
Money may come, and money may go,
But time's true worth continues to grow.
So, cherish each heartbeat, each fleeting chime,
For in
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Categories:
treasured, money,
Form: Rhyme
Treasured People And Properties
Lots of people were once scattered throughout those farmlands.
But now nearly all those farm hands and sharecroppers are gone.
But in my heart and mind, there's still a live picture of those
communities that once housed treasured and hard-working people.
Once filled with thriving though very poor families, those shot-gun
houses and shanty town shelters are also gone. They
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Categories:
treasured, childhood, farm,
Form: Prose
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