Father Watch Poems

Dearest Lord Jesus, Lord in Your mercy hearken unto me, Thy good and Thy
faithful servant. "Rescue the perishing, pray for the dying, Jesus, (You) will...

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She was a big-eyed girl.
He had been warned to stay away from them
By his Daddy.

He could not resist her.
He was a moth
She was his flame.

His...

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I Lullaby at Dusk

(for Father Johnnie E. Ross)

While today I missed the dawn, 
I refuse to let the dusk pass, too, being
The chance to see...

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BE MINDFUL AND WATCH WHAT YOU ASK—PRAY-- FOR 

I can remember when I was four
Standing on a kitchen chair washing dishes
It was cute then, but...

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Raise my hand beyond your prowess, 
A beautiful harmstrong of the running hill. 
In a watch I saw him coming to trespass, 
Of which his...

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Open Denial of God Watch Yourself
 Why U Breathing For After Your Breathing Done You WILL Believe 
If God is real why can I see...

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Death Watch

It was early morning.
The sun was barely above the high hills on the other side of the lake.
I was at the end of the...

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Stillness seeds this cell 
of death-borne illness, 
underscores the needs of one 
who cannot function by himself. 
Bed sheets icy white, fading flowers 
once bright,...

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Tracking time has changed throughout the years
Improving how hours, minutes, seconds appear 
Sundials, hourglasses, pendulums and more
Wall, wrist, mantle, waterproof - clocks galore

There is a...

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Stillness seeds this cell 
of death-borne illness, 
underscores the needs of one 
who cannot function by himself. 
Bed sheets icy white, fading flowers 
once bright,...

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Mother did not say, "Watch out,"
How could she have known way back then
That I was lured down to the dark
And was slayed in the lion's...

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Bob was the first man she had ever loved, sure she had some crushes when she was in school but nothing like she had felt...

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Stillness seeds this cell
of death-borne illness,
underscores the needs 
of one who cannot
function by himself.

Bedsheets icy white, 
blooming flowers 
in bright profusion
litter uselessly.

Monitors wink, blink 
their...

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That orange-pink sky
takes my breath away.
So pure and lovely
it spreads across the horizon.

But as the sky grows darker and darker
The pink fades to purple 
The...

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Hear them come trough the sky, now watch them fall on us all, it will kill, is over now,
we gonna go to heaven and let...

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