Tag Archives: hope

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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3.30.2018 the words took a left turn on me today, my brain seeing them but not registering. what does that one mean when do I take it, pills, pills, the grouping that grows as one thing then another … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged anxiety, confusion, dis-ease, disorientation, fears, God, hope, loosening, minds, timing, words | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in poetry | Tagged acceptance, aging, complexity, conundrums, death, faith, fear, guilt, hope, life, mortality, questions, regrets, remorse, self-awareness, survival | Leave a comment

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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in the morning – March 1

Posted on March 4, 2017 by landl30

3.1.2017 in the morning after the last morning we will wake each other with a touch; soft hand to cheek that opened our eyes in the nights that we knew forever. ——————

Posted in poetry | Tagged bond, caress, caring, experience, faith, heaven, hope, life, love, mortality, promise, relationship, touch | Leave a comment

questions and guesses – February 8

Posted on February 9, 2017 by landl30

2.8.2017 did I do something good with my one life did I make a difference for anyone but me did I have fun, share love, care did I put myself at the service of the One. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged concern, destination, faith, hope, journey, life, perspective, query, service | Leave a comment

January thaw – January 30

Posted on January 30, 2017 by landl30

1.30.2017 there’s something about a January thaw that does a body good. we walk to the waterfall where the flows pulsing behind a yellowing wall of ice feed into the widening maw of deep copper below and … Continue reading →

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christmas 2016

Posted on December 24, 2016 by landl30

12.24.2016 In quiet moments a child is born into a world raging with confusion, fear, and lines of dread. only a gift from outside can still the hearts within. Christmas 2016 Len Freeman —————–

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match girl – December 10

Posted on December 12, 2016 by landl30

12.10.2016 she bought me a christmas candle to shine in the window and warm my heart remembering the little boy who saw its orange flame and felt safened by the warmth like the little match girl who saw … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged candles, childhood, Children, darkness, Hans Christian Andersen, heart tug, hope, light, loss, sacrament, sadness, symbols, tales, trust, victory, vision | Leave a comment

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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