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In the Light of Dark Comings

Faith is only troublesome when
You lose it in the very thing that
Was supposed to create more of it

Here, shame manifests itself in Doubt, 
developing a disappointment You Feel 
toward yourself for a simple failed trial

The money is gone with no way to pay
I pray for more time on the clock
But hard times are clearly inevitable

I'm ready for the test this time
But fear comes with it for the
Universe usually see this as a dare

The fear in having my faith tested
Comes from the gathered evidence
Of my always giving up early

My strength is my constant effort
To produce more faith 
In the light of dark comings.

I am not hoping in results but in the
Certainty that I will become what 
God intends regardless of circumstances 

Change comes to me now as I 
Go to God for the connection
That creates better

I am gaining focus as I follow
In Gods direction to growth
In sight of the trap of the circle

I am spiraling upwards as I write 
The truth that I death grip as
I ascend towards improvement

I am protecting my faith through the
Gratitude I feel for all the things
That challenge and have challenged me

So I am working assured, knowing
This time I trust in confidence
Even though I have nothing to show for it

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Framing Pictures

Poetry is my photographer's way of taking a picture,
my way of capturing the moments our hearts envelope
and need to express. It's a snap shot
of the before, in between and after seen now...
NOW, RIGHT NOW!...

...What - I - felt,
What - she- thinks,
What - he - will - do...

...It encapsulates the heart of each poet's under-
standing for how to bring everything into words,
and  focuses the listener into a sure way of receiving
what others mean to roll into your camera.
The seconds passing can now embrace the all
of life AND time for you to have now...
NOW, RIGHT NOW!...

...NOW can have more than the speaker standing
and the now that is spoken, but can release
the imagination to discover the realness of what
connects us all and en frame the totality of 
existence into this moment...

As the shutter shuts, you impress into the world ideas...
Ideas like love lost, or an oak tree in mid-autumn...
You can engage your heart to feel united to a teenager
who lived 350 years ago and bring her back to life...
as well as unlock and set free your terminal uniqueness
and end loneliness forever now,
NOW, RIGHT NOW!...

...All you have to do is read and listen
and we can connect to each other....
maybe not this poem, maybe not the next...
let the shares become the film developing,
staying tuned in...
and everything you've ever been waiting to hear
can reach you!

...You can feel oneness with others,
ease the pillar of your soul,
comprehend your inhibitions,
put to rest your cravings,
or set loose your laughter...

...Time can angle your lens and catch what everything
looks like, but a poet can capture and increase
the moods and tones of the photo so you can 
FEEL what the picture looks like with one flash...
and cause a picture to breathe....

So......take a deep breathe...
rub yourselves into your clothes....
...feel the texture of all the material,
maybe on your thighs or your shoulders...
..........smile...
 go ahead and feel the texture of your own smile...
...SAY CHEESE...
and welcome to the now, NOW...
right now.

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Flirt With Me

I am not horny
But I'm easily turned on
Flirt with me baby

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Between the Teacher and the Student

The coin snaps off the fingers
As gravity works the spin
I turn for you, flip and land
I see your patience running thin

It's heads, not what I want
So I choose tails and I choose you
Past indecision, I now confront
Our mess I must attend to

You don't need to explain our love
It's really between you and me
They may not understand, respect
A mother/teacher/ student reality

I refused your many lessons
From constant pains that bruised fast
Most hurt caused by self
unhealed wounds brought from the past

When your tries bring on a new sting
I resist though I want more
I only see the pain and so lose
The lesson's blessings in store

I don't need to explain our love
It's really between you and me
The may not understand, respect
A mother/teacher/student reality

I go to you, I run from you
What you give I misconstrue
Let's prove them wrong with how we do
I'll honor what we've been through

Letting go of darkness everyday
Bowing with the homework you give
I choose to learn thru the pain
And be the light we all will live

...together...

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Power

Femininity 
Aggressive gentle caring
Tough tender power

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Confusion

When I hear my heart 
Gender feels unimportant
So why do I care?

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Gratitude List Poem

I’m grateful for:

Not seeing any gratitude lists today because I’m usually not on them.
The pinch of a biting mosquito
The feverish temper of a hungover boss
The grand humility of Donald Trump
How easy it is to understand Ezra Pound
The well-known soothing brush of hot air on a mid-August Phoenix late-Afternoon
Hungry sharks while surfing
AND sarcasm

The vicious unpredictability of my once young mother’s rage
My father’s mental absence because of his obsession with sports 
The ongoing sufferings of my mental illness
My gender identity issues that always circle back around
My belly being so large I can barely tie my shoelaces
Financial instability
Government corruption
AND fear

The gentle end to the recession
My job that overlooks my inadequacies 
Economic growth in light of current political conditions
God’s forgiveness
My cat’s affection regardless of how often I’m not at home
My physical health
Gifts in spite of a lack of obedience
AND Grace

All the many possibilities
God’s favor
Relationship opportunities
Sexual activity nearing
Pleasant distractions
Distant escapes
A professor that gives me good grades
AND hope

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Confusion

When I hear my heart 
Gender feels unimportant
So why do I care?

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Job Hunting

No matter where I look
No matter how hard I pray
No matter my urgency and its drive...
I cannot find a job...

I'm pained by the agony of suffering
for hope... faith beats me...
perseverance is growing winded
and despair is as familiar as a smile

And I continue on like this

as the seconds only bring me closer to more nothingness
and I sit in the chair of discouragement and rub my head for comfort

You see, I lie to myself and tell myself I'm happy and feel this lie
so I don't have to wade in depression of the truth of how low I am... 
by poverty and its constraints... and its consumption of my entirety...

and I beg God for help...I beg you now again God I can't go
on like this much longer...





(the next day I got a job!!!! Ha!)

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I Want a Choice

Nothing I can do
All the pieces are in place
Having no power