Choose Light
The agitators and provocateurs never let up in pursuit of our peaceDon’t listen to them, my friend The internet can bring grating, vexing voices from all over the worldWe weren’t designed for such massive echoes across our brain Turn it off and go outside to look at the expanse above usPlay with a child or…
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Change
Hello there, brainI know you’re having trouble right now Big change is coming and happeningYou don’t like that and you’re sending panic buttons my way I understand you like to stay where we areSo I’m extending grace to you right now Listen to my higher voice calling youWe will be alright, in fact, we will…
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The Window View
Looking out the window, I realized there was a whole world of magic just in that one scene-There were small, thin leaves that moved with every little breeze and there were thick ones that stayed still and close to each otherThe light affected each one differently and changed the colors and shimmer throughout the day…
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The Grateful Heart
Pondering gratitude this clear morningIt is the most elevating feeling a person can haveGratitude lifts us out of our self-centered cocoon, Brings in the light of every other noble trait Gratitude leads to kindness and compassion It leads to appreciation of all who have given so muchWhether to our own lives or to the lives…
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Words
Some words last foreverWords of prophets and sagesContinue on through the ages We imagine we are unimportantThat our words matter not at allBut they lift someone up, when they fall Watching our words every moment Could be more critical than we can see For your words deeply affected me I remember your love and kindnessYour…
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The Feast
Would you like to go with me?Not far or across the sea Instead let’s find a lovely placeVery close to our home base Where laughter, music and mirth dwellCould be flowers around a quaint, old well Maybe we find magic in an old bookOr butterflies dancing by a babbling brook What about the songs we…
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The Inside View
Who do we really want to please?This question brings us to our knees Search our hearts with sincerityWe will find the truest clarity Changing our hearts needs constant workIt’s a task we cannot shirk Shortsightedness, narrowness wants to creep inWiggling its way under our skin Look inside and kick it outGone with all its ugly…
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Overflow
Isn’t life grand?Some days are like bacon in a pan Sizzling hot, requiring patience to be doneWhen we just want to be on the run Other days are painful, cutting us to the coreWe begin to feel we just can’t take any more Then as we faithfully persevereKeeping our smile and our cheer God comes…
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The Waiting Place
The waiting place is so hardWe love movement and actionThe stretching of our inner voiceHappens in the waiting zone Shhh! Be still! Breathe deep!Patience and humility take aeons to developWe are unaware that growth is happeningWe can’t see it, feel it or sense it Where is the clear evidence?Nay, silence sits and teachesWaiting and hopingAre…
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Journey with Joel
I never bought a lottery ticketBut yet I won the lottery in my lifeThe biggest win I could have “One enchanted evening” across a crowded dance roomThere he was, smiling at meFor….many….magical moments, smiling at me He saw me amongst all the othersI wore a black jumpsuitWhich he had “prophesied” his wife would wear, before…
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April, lovely April
April is here againWish she would stay and stay Green is new and freshBluebonnets spread across the land Another birthday is coming very soonHopefully giving another layer of wisdom Spring is connected to our soulsBringing hope and fresh perspective The luminescence of shiny green leaves in April Captures our imagination and fantasy April is one…
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Playtime
It’s recess time, the teacher said!Good job on all the books you read! Time for sunshine and fresh air!Leaving behind our every care! Time for tetherball and moreLucky ones, first out the door So important for our dayWe had to go outside to play! Why is this one of the memories so clear?Even through the…
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The Infinite Heart
Walking through the floor of my heart, I see deep valleys of loveBright and shining acts of willing sacrificeLeaving resilient and strong chambersMany layers of both asking for and giving forgiveness, over and overWhich healed the red-hot angry potholes Here comes another surprising, painful and jagged sword Piercing through the core of this landscapePulsating with…
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UPSIDE DOWN
Everything seems upside downEach and every scene turned around Look over here, not over thereCamouflaged, hidden, with great care Stories to incite anger and fearBringing to many red-hot tears Where is the rabbit pulled out of the hat?Why is the magic show falling so flat? When will the race swiftly come to an end?What is…
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Heroes True
We see a kind person helping someone who’s downWhether they’re burning, hurting or beginning to drown When tragedy and disaster comes in a rushing paceThere’s a humble servant showing at exactly the right place The news is full of stirring up pots of contention and hateWe should be one who pays no attention to their…
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Heart Healing
Adversity is never welcomed or wantedThis human flesh seems to come with great resistance to anything but comfort and easeSickness, sadness, betrayal and tragedy come to us allWhen we’re in the midst of this prickly, painful and difficult timeAll we can think is, “When will it end”? When that challenge ends, we often learn it…
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Forever
I feel the ghosts of Christmas pastfrom precious memories that always last Their loving hugs and joyous laughterStill lingers in my heart long after How I miss their presence nearNo one could ever be more dear When they came into my placeIt became a sacred space Whether it’s loved ones gone or still hereMy heart…
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Remember
Remember, remember the heroes of the pastRemember their courage and sacrifices Remember that good will eventually triumph over all evilRemember that we are divine children of a loving Father Remember that those things that matter most cannot be ignoredRemember to nourish your soul every single day Remember this life is short but the road is…
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The Law of the Harvest
We have been taught by the wisest One that we will reap what we sowHave we found this to be so true?Those unknown kind acts and words you say are never forgotten by those you blessed We remember kind words spoken to us from long ago by many loving peopleOur gratitude for their kindness is…
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Music
When words don’t suffice and feelings are too deepWhen heaven feels so near and angels with us weep When all the stars seem to align with our fondest dreamsOr our little world surely seems torn apart at the seams When we want to immerse in dance and songAnd we desire our dearest ones come along…
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Seasons and the Child
Did you see the change as it silently crept upon the earth?The cycle, the process, the Creator’s gift to all, and to the earthUnderneath this repeated scene, our muscles, fibers and bones hold a sweet memory of it Then there it is! The orange, yellow and red leaves appearThe earth is beautiful in every change…
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Songs of the Soul
Sing a song to touch a heartAnd a song your day to start Songs in sorrow, grief or painSongs for dancing in the rain Deep inside a song rings clear and trueWhile waking, walking in glistening dew Soul-touching songs of the braveThose whose lives they freely gave Sing a song, a song of oldA story…
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CLARITY
The more breaths I am givenThe more clearly I can seethe import of forgetting about the “me” As the days speed quickly byThe difference between truth and liesAppears crystal clear before my eyes As the minutes continue ticking awayOne see this contrast between humility and prideObserving their roots and effects side by side Why are…
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Gratitude
The leaves shimmer in the morning sunIt is magical to see them flutter in the windI can’t explain why it stirs my soul A tiny bird flies by me and I can hear his wingsThe bird sings louder than all others in that momentIt is a wonder to behold The deep pink blossoms sway in…
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Summer
The hot, hot summer breezeBlows all the thirsty trees The air conditioner hums alongSo grateful for its monotonous song August, 14, 2024Becky Hull
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Fly Away
The baby birds were hungry and weakHere comes mama and papa, giving food to their beaks Baby birds start to grow featherswhile mama and papa must fly through all weathers As baby birds explore and fall out the nest,Mama rescues the babies amidst all the mess Another flashy bird comes alongSinging a captivating, foreign song…
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Choices
This time-encased existence we are in can lead to losing sight of what is most importantTemporary pleasures and worldly accolades are so fleeting When we are young, we can’t imagine this life ever being overWe can’t imagine turning into a white-haired, slower moving human Whether we die young or old, we can become wise and…
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Healing Hope
Hang in there, keep that smileit will get better in awhileKeep trying to look up you’ll soon see your overflowing cupGratitude changes everything to lightdon’t let darkness win the fightCount your blessings, many there arehelps you see sun, moon and starsWonderful family and friendssharing their love that never will endFlowers, blue skies and majestic treesRippling…
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Remembering the Forgotten
So many quiet heroes float across my mindshunning hate, choosing to be kindFrom the beginning of time, there’s a long, long lineThe mother who unfailingly sacrificed her own desires,some living in a deserted, filthy mireThe citizen in a war-torn landwho found ways to give a helping handThe teacher who observed the lonely childwelcoming them with…
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a higher way
are we really that different from those who lived long agowhen their way of travel moved very slow? their days were filled with finding foodno thought of which shirt color fit their mood yes, our way of life is in sharp contrast to those who lived in a simpler past but have we learned how…
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First Ray
A June morning reveals many treasuresI almost couldn’t believe what I sawThe first ray settled on the leaves as a silver icingGlistening, shimmering, to my utter delight A symphony of songs to welcome the beautiful dayThose birds need no prelude or introductionfor their improvisation in their melodyspreading across my little world here The heat will…
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The Depths
Clarity is gone-has escaped this sceneWords can’t express or meet this needhearts broken, loss infinitely deepEarthquake rocked the core of their lives Memories floating around like a streamFuture dreams tugging inside every cellSacred wishes opaque and hard to graspNow they hurt too much Stay in the present bright and clearSoak in the blue-let it wash…
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The Why
There have been songs asking whyPoems that express sad goodbyes Letters fading from long agowrapped in delicate little rows Stories shared from the pastAlways hoping they will last Will you remember her loving ways?Or the struggles of his days? Can we capture the aroma of dewor the cooing of the dove that flew? Can we…
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The Perfect Match
If my body matched my spiritListen now, to hear it! I could fly like an eagleso very grand and regal I could run as fast as a gazelleNo force or creature could quell My energy would surge perfectlyLike a Ferrari’s win–a certainty This body would climb a mountainand drink from a clear fountain In this…
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GIFTS
I saw a word pass byIt seemed importantAnd immediately it began to fly There was a beautiful songIts cadence was so magicalIt stayed on and on A child smiled my waythe effect was so deepoh, how I wish she could come and stay! I saw an unusual kindness spreadThey didn’t even realizeWhere this simple deed…
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Mr. Pain
Hello there, Mr. PainHere you are again You’ve been very persistent latelyyou seem to have increased greatly You’ve been around a very long timeI don’t want to call you mine You always have my attentionoh, and your name is easy to mention Trying to rise above your knocking,throbbing, bombing and barking I try to address…
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Reflections on hobbits
What if we were little hobbits?living in a tiny hut Such interesting creatures they areespecially as they travel afar Adventurous souls with brave heartsstudying their maps and Middle Earth charts Having their second breakfasts and little hairy feetsharing in their delicious soup of potatoes and meat Waiting for their friend, the wizard Gandalfwho’s now engaged…
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Inspiring quotes
“”In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer” Albert Camus “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” Booker T. Washington “The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances…
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The Gifts
Hot chocolate on a cold morningmakes one wish we could all gather around a glowing fireplace and share our deepest thoughts Singing by the piano with those I loveis pure delight.Little baby, seeing my hands on the keys,with a curious and focused gazeis indescribable in its imprint on my soul Spending time with precious ones…
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Create your space
When given your difficult challengethere is a choice Wallow in the roughness of your plightpity yourself as a mistreated soul? Or is there another more enlightened path?Maybe your thoughts are skewed in this sad state? Why not rise above the present situation?Look at it as if above the beautiful earth There’s another hopeful day comingThere’s…
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Squirrel Dance
It was a normal morning, in most ways except the sun was shining on the red leavesWho would not want to miss the wonderful hues of this moment?Filling me with gratitudefor the gift of my vision and the scene Scampering around every fence and treewere the squirrelschasing each other in a dance, it seemedThe prestissimo…
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Respite
the longing is impossible to ignore We must go to that wonderful place-place of poetry, inspired music and artfor it fills the voidof everyday life We are thirsty for something beyond this realm Don’t ignore your soul’s longing for beautyamidst the chaos stop, take the time to renew your empty wellfill yourself with power and…
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Grief
A song, a butterfly, leaves falling, moon risingEach of these bring sweet feelings of peace They also can bring memories of a time when I was well Before the brain injury, I was a musician– performing, singing, conducting, playing joyouslyIt stole away the sharing of this Stole my joy of listening to the beautiful concerts…
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Travelers
We traveled trillions of miles to come hereMaybe we experienced a bit of fear We journey through the womb to a bright placeThe familiar voice reveals a beautiful face Innocent, helpless, needing protectionFeeling love, abundant affection Learning, tasting, ever growingMountains, valleys, rivers flowing Climbing steep, dangerous roadsJagged cliffs, heavy loads Traveling to awe-inspiring placesSeeing many…
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Dreams of my heart
Traveled to my hometown, filled with a myriad of emotionsFound my parent’s graves, their names were there —–But they weren’t there The town was too crowded now Too many buildings, too little citrus groves like before The hard Texas freeze and new ways had destroyed themIt was sad, those orange trees had filled the air…
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The Speed of Life
As the brutal summer goes on and on, a memory came from last winter, saying, “it won’t be long before it’s scorching hot again”. The reality of the swiftness of the passing from one season to another posed a deeper thought into my mind. Not only are the seasons flying by, but our time on…
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Peace
The crystal morning appears I don’t feel any fears My spirit explodes with desire All the good and true burns like fire All the beautiful music from all time Flows through my cells, becoming mine Sublime images transport my view Renewing what is old, into new Words of wisdom suddenly appear Now realizing, they were…
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The Journey
A humble and perceptive friend A kind and loving letter did send They didn’t know it would last And certainly not stay in the past Their kind words were like rain Washing away the deepest pain. An erudite teacher Showed an important feature Of the powerful leader and their effect upon us, the reader The…
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The Elusive Muse
There’s no poetic muse moving today Just trying to keep the demons at bay It’s no good to seek for it now Or to ask, “Please show me how?” Sometimes the river doesn’t flow No little boat wants to row Looking down, feet trapped in the mud Stagnation turns into a flood Off in the…
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The Sum
I’m trying to rhyme Sometimes it’s quite a climb I’m hoping and dreaming Maybe even scheming For a way to get well In every single cell As the clock ticks away I’m so grateful you stay You are the love of my life and calm every strife My blessings overflow You and I surely know!…
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