12.26.2014
the day after
brings time
for breathing.
always there is
business
busy
and more steps to take
but not
within.
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12.26.2014
the day after
brings time
for breathing.
always there is
business
busy
and more steps to take
but not
within.
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Spare infant child
symbol enthralled
born without wealth
yet giving to all.
How do I love thee
speak now my part
give me your grace
enable my heart.
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Christmas 2014
12.23.2014
presents under the
tree. exuberant, bashful,
wistful, bright,
homely and homing.
quiet surrounds
their moment.
there is no need
to rush
the opening
seeing them there
under the bearing tree
tells its own tale
of warming
amidst a cold world.
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12.20.2014
angels and santas
on the tree
training wheels
for believing
that goodness
cares, that we’d
better not pout
or coal in our
stocking is a
bigger big story
that someone’s
taking notes and
names that will
matter in the end
that someone
actually wants
us to be happy
and that gifts
are what’s really
real about life
that reindeer maybe
don’t really fly or
elves come down
chimneys
but goodness
somehow does.
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12.19.2014
what did I observe
today that moved
me
what did I scan
today and
missed
what did God send
me that I
noticed
what did I pass on
and dis
missed.
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12.18.2014
always kiss me
goodnight, she
said. always let
me know that you
love me.
and I will do the
same for you.
forever and ever.
right there in the
contract.
always.
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12.17.2014
golden days and
nights upon
which we slipped
and slept and
wandered
together
to shores beyond
which we never
dreamed we’d
move.
places of forever
and a day
where our souls
melded and
melted
when we found
each other.
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12.15.2014
a tin angel dangles
from our lampstand
clanging in her only
clunky way.
small and white, her
chipped halo sends
a word. grace found
here. simplicity.
beauty from a tin can.
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12.14.2014
injuries bring pacing
adjustment,
consideration
of body
once to be used, now
appreciated, for
usefulness, finitude,
complexity and gift.
credo the resurrection
thereof.
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12.12.2014
a shortage of tree
a short tree
a tree
a
time to plant it
and buy
another
me
and charlie
brown.
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[a shortage of tree, part 2]
no, she says,
the tree stays.
we bought it when
she was feeling low
and melancholy.
and because it
brought glee,
the tree
like me
is here to stay.
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