Plastic Wine
...Red on my jeans,
Seeping through the seams,
A stain makes a story
no one wants to read.
Blood lodged between my teeth,
fencing away the chatter of an angel,
each word swallowed,
a prayer un...
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Categories:
unprayed, anxiety, baptism, christian, poems,
Form: Free verse
Gospel Message
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If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be...
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Categories:
unprayed, blessing, christian, faith, gospel,
Form: Free verse
Wanton and Lost
...The suddenness of desertion,
the emptiness of time
Abandoning each moment,
as clocks strike their chime
And wherego the hours,
once used and cast off
Are there auctions and markets
for e...
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Categories:
unprayed, time,
Form: Rhyme
What Would a Table Say
...What would a table say
If a table could talk
Would it speak of silk linens
Quiet dinners for two
Of romance and candles
Fine china of blue
Would it spin tales of sorrow
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Categories:
unprayed, imagination, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Larger Me
...A larger me
steers trouble away
bringing it only near enough to see
like the Ghost of Christmas Future
answering prayers unprayed
and I scream to ask
who are you
who are you
who are you anyway
silenc...
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Categories:
unprayed, inspirational, introspection, life, me,
Form: Free verse