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Good Friday — the road not yet taken April 19, 2019

Posted on April 19, 2019 by landl30

4.19. 2019 Good Friday…[ the road not yet taken] through the years I know I’ve tried to understand God and conceptualize to comprehend and  follow and try to get to know him to make my choice to be his man … Continue reading →

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Ashes ashes

Posted on March 6, 2019 by landl30

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. But not yet and not now nor scattered on the wind, ’till, yet commingled with all whom we loved and have been loved by, we rise.

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survivor guilt – February 26

Posted on February 27, 2018 by landl30

2.26.2018 in wartime guns rattle, ied’s level the guys next to you, and some come home in pieces, while others in only guises and varieties of a whole.   why me, why not me why them, and I’m still here … Continue reading →

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at some moment – February 20

Posted on February 23, 2018 by landl30

2.20.2018 Mortality is a tricky beast. At some moment I will feel a catch, a stop, an instant, and my eyes will blink or close, my mind stop registering, to not open again.   I may hear briefly the ones … Continue reading →

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a godly conversation – October 8

Posted on October 9, 2017 by landl30

[a godly conversation] I cannot speak to you as I would or rather could should my mouth is wood when I open it to say my heart and roots drop out of things that never quite touch what it was … Continue reading →

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why did you take my daddy – August 8

Posted on August 12, 2017 by landl30

8.6.2017 [why did you take my daddy] why did you take my daddy away. at age two he could now talk and ask. six months earlier I had to tell him and his family that dad would never be coming … Continue reading →

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I ran from my dream – May 30

Posted on May 30, 2017 by landl30

5.30.2017 I ran from my dream frightened and denying the images of my mortality   body withering skinnier each day the muscles outlined and my lover aware,   that I thought I would have more time, twenty more plenty enough … Continue reading →

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tuesday group – May 23

Posted on May 24, 2017 by landl30

5.23.2017 heads around the table some believe others say not   yet all listening and wrestling   with God Jesus each other and themselves   and all stepping up to try to be good guys   like Jesus would’ve wanted. … Continue reading →

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Good Friday – inexcusables – April 14

Posted on April 14, 2017 by landl30

 robbery, rape, murder treason, theft, cruelty   mean kids bullying the weak, strong kids pushing their weight   a mother beating a vulnerable child, a father violating their innocence   when we are at our most despicable, totally inexcusable   … Continue reading →

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our father – April 12

Posted on April 13, 2017 by landl30

4.12.2017 I held his hand and we said the our father   the strength of his grip defying the frailty   holding on tight to claim the faith   that joins us as he awaits an end. ———————–

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