Tag Archives: despair

day-after paroxysms – November 9

Posted on November 11, 2016 by landl30

11.9.2016 blinding numb paroxysms of disbelief, slow motion car wreck still to happen coming, coming down a road all too obvious and we chose it. rage, loss of control visit these things upon us, fantasies of payback, blind … Continue reading →

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holocaust -the bondage of death – April 17

Posted on April 18, 2015 by landl30

4.15.2015 a long slick narrow bridge over waters filled with death hate filled people gleeful in pot-shotting at random victims a gauntlet of terror each movement only forward unsure if the next moment will be the halted … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged anxiety, courage, cry, danger, death, despair, fear, flight, genocide, holocaust, mistrust, plea, Prayer, refuge, sin, struggle, violence, war | Leave a comment

a face behind glass – June 19

Posted on June 22, 2014 by landl30

6.19.2014 orange jumpsuit face behind glass voice through a phone to allay and let pass facts. story. life lines of least and of worry. lawyerly motions so swiftly to bury at age sixty two is life now so … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged accusation, change, crime, defense, denial, despair, grace, guilt, hope, jail, justice, law, loss, need, prison, repentance, time, visiting | Leave a comment

Lent Prayer 31 – April 4

Posted on April 4, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 31 storms come back around, like life crashes we thought were over but weren’t. protect us Lord from despair, defeat, from going under when we are most vulnerable at the end of frayed hopes. … Continue reading →

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affluence kills the gods – October 16

Posted on October 17, 2013 by landl30

10.16 affluence kills the gods believing that nothing else is needed and all that is, is all. harder than the camel’s eye the illusion of plenty fosters, in place of perspective, despair. and happy faces smile until it … Continue reading →

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scientific orthodoxy – September 29

Posted on September 29, 2013 by landl30

9.29 scientific orthodoxy seems so afraid these days of anything bespeaking eternity. as if only a dead end trap of dying rocks will do for measuring and testing worlds dried up and dying, ending and sighing, the robotic … Continue reading →

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