Category: hope
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Walk gently
still water reflects morning sky autumn moss grows upon path new life hides in cold stone 12-13-22
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Only
If I do not write about hurt, it does not mean I do not hurt. It only means I’m running short on time and need to focus on the positive. If I do not write about social change, it does not mean I am blind. It only means I’m working on myself, refining the cinder…
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Everyday
everyday the challenge the desire to change to become a better human everyday the self-knowledge the awareness of inconsistencies lies that become truths everyday you become older closer to death becoming more alive everyday you realize you will not live long enough to become perfect everyday you strive you become stronger and more and more…
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now
Day after day You wait to live Your best life Hoping to win the lottery And some other fool Wins your dreams But still you wait …and still You lose 10-23-21
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For lack of a piece of chalk
Thoughts haunt; selfish thoughts that disagree with kindness, with what you believe to be truth. You try to be a better human, hope belief can erase the blackboard of mitochondrial neurons, but for lack of a piece of chalk a felt tipped marker has rendered you indelibly unclean. 6-19-21
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The Burning Bush
before it bursts into flame tomorrow’s promise patiently waits upon the bush for right conditions 4-6-21
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Because I did not watch the inauguration on tv
Dry leaves rattled in grass at my feet. Beyond the speed of sound planes from the airbase roared in the west. No matter, how long I searched western skies, I could not see sunlight glint on wings until I turned to face the east. Tattered flag on pole unfurled in wind; colors worn and faded,…
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Senescence 2021
Stop waiting for change; it will happen. Squash some bugs, pull weeds Water your garden; flowers grow into tomatoes 1-17-21
My husband's poetry 