Tag Archives: God

the deep end – February 6

2.6.2015 I was born into a world where fathers threw their sons into the deep end to teach them how to swim.   it is a terrible cruel world and I can’t always be there. you need to learn to … Continue reading

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faith takes us – January 17

1.17.2015 faith takes us to places we didn’t expect   and leaves us open to more than we hoped.   saying goodbye will only be a step   on the road to meeting again. ————- when our bodies fail it … Continue reading

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anniversary forty-five – January 10

1.10.2015 hands laid upon, pre-monish the preacher said advise in advance before the things go dread.   be a voice ahead so that people get it right, I gaze now in my own life lest I miss the light.   … Continue reading

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Spare infant child – Christmas 2014

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. ————————– Christmas 2014

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kenya grace – December 7

12.7.2014 do you know how blessed you are the girl said? to have chocolate to drink?   when I had my baby I had gruel and it was all my family could give.   and then she cried, for the … Continue reading

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jesus’ hands – December 4

12.4.2014 jesus’ hands, making wall charts to find homes   making policy state ments to create categories   opening doors for empty faces.   present in those who do not even know   that they are jesus’ hands. ———————–

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thank you Lord – November 27

11.27.2014 thank you Lord for daytimes   thank you Lord for night   thank you Lord for all those   who guide me to the right. ……. thank you Lord for lovers   thank you Lord for sons   thank … Continue reading

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It’s so cold – November 19

11.19.2014 It’s so cold Hands itch to stop The burn.   Lord where are you Lord send someone to save my life   One of those hands Teresa said were Christ’s   The only one’s He has To make a … Continue reading

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I yearn for you – November 11

11.11.2014 I yearn for you.   In my dreams you come as a lover whom I have lost and my heart to return to you, find you, drives me on.   Have you found another, no long care, where I … Continue reading

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sitting by evening fire – October 27

10.27.2014 sitting by evening fire winds of autumn starting to chill the night air outside   my eyes see a newer self in the hall mirror   older, more lines, weariness askance, matching the soreness of muscles that now hurt … Continue reading

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