Our Shadows Serving
...At the altar, see
our shadows serving
under the hand
of our Majesty’s Spirit.
In this succinct space,
how does God lean
into us, light up
our souls - with healing,
comfort, ameliorating w...
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Categories:
weightiness, christian,
Form: Free verse
My Children This Is My First Encounter With My God
...There is one thing that I will always miss.
It is the first time that I received a heavenly kiss.
I was so down and out, I just wanted to go.
But God determines when, and his reply was No!
"I kno...
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Categories:
weightiness, 8th grade, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Wounded Whisper
...Soft sibilance departed a while past now;
lost in family, familiarity,
an indiscretion.
Soulless silence interposes churlish crows.
The weightiness of strangled screams hangs heavy
deafening t...
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Categories:
weightiness, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
To Be Alive
...TO BE ALIVE
There once was a man from Galilee, and
A woman needing water from a well
She seemed transparent as you and me
He filled her soul with spice of truth as well
We breathe one breath.
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Categories:
weightiness, appreciation, change, dedication, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Two Lovers Iii - First Valentine's Day
...She took some care making her choice
A Valentine's Day card
It is a silly little thing
"It shouldn't be this hard"
But she still feels indecision
Selecting the right one
To set the proper ton...
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Categories:
weightiness, happy, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To the Hourglass
...Ode To The Hourglass
E'er spent in the margin of its clutch of us,
We breathe its granules in nighttide befallen,
Wanderers adrift campaign design to thus,
Daytime with...
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Categories:
weightiness, poetry, time,
Form: Rispetto
My Home
...My Home
Diurnal prayer, "Praise the breath in me."
I plucked the honeysuckle of the Sun,
And grouped it on the chamber windowpane,
Save a trip during senses pair, smell, sigh...
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Categories:
weightiness, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Heads Turned On the Other Side
...keep that low-profile my little one
sky is contaminated
with fat black spots
their weightiness is gonna be dropped
on everything known
eyes are drained
turned to glass
it remains incompre...
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Categories:
weightiness, war,
Form: Free verse
Enthral
...With a great heavy weight
Like an elephant breast
Placed upon my chest, hurting breaths
I enter my sanctuary....rest
The weightiness began
To lift: morning sounds call
Me into world of beauty...
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Categories:
weightiness, animals, depression, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme