Tag: poetry
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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…
Treasures Along the Way 