Tag Archives: sadness

grey clouds – January 20

Posted on January 22, 2017 by landl30

1.20.2017 grey clouds mist over the windshield of my mind no wipers need apply no why or how or what will dispel whatever clings to this soul just to be lived through until the fog lifts. —————-

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new year’s tweet – December 31

Posted on January 1, 2017 by landl30

12.31.2016 a mean little voice sounds out, so petty for someone aspiring to an office so high. a tiny tinny heart, of a wounded whining blubbering boy. ——————

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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

late night sadness – May 8

Posted on May 9, 2016 by landl30

5.8.2016 late night two am sadness, when the family can gather and you’re just a sideline. you raised them to be their own yet you’re never ready for the moment when you know that they’re just fine or … Continue reading →

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easter miss – March 27

Posted on March 28, 2016 by landl30

3.27.2016 [easter miss] dry tired face belying festive garb follower of a dead noble leader that misses the move, the rise, the difference. and with it the joy. ——————

Posted in poetry | Tagged church, death, dourness, Easter, faith, joy, loss, loss of faith, new life, ressurection, sadness | Leave a comment

has-been feelings – March 16

Posted on March 17, 2015 by landl30

3.16.2015 has-been feelings spread so easily they left my name off they didn’t answer my email, phone, yell for notice don’t they know, yes they don’t and so what, so who is to care but … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged abandonment, anger, care, disappointment, fear, feelings, God, grace, impotence, perspective, sadness, serenity | Leave a comment

churches close up – October 26

Posted on October 26, 2014 by landl30

10.26.2014 churches close up, fall vacant, stop trying. and where is God away, absent, busy elsewhere, while we took too much for granted and Jesus went to where voices and hearts are open still while the world … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged church, churches, danger, distance, failure, God, Jesus, missing, resistance, sadness, secularism, self-indulgence | Leave a comment

faces – April 24

Posted on April 25, 2014 by landl30

4.24.2014 faces around tables that don’t listen faces that relate the passing time faces who once upon the once were children faced that have paused only to rhyme. faces of the aged and forgotten … Continue reading →

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done – June 13

Posted on June 14, 2013 by landl30

6.13 Sitting at the granite kitchen slab years in the planning and now here we sit only a step from finished. Like final exams and everything would be wonderful when done. Except life was flat. Empty. Just tiredness. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged adjusting, completion, emptiness, ennui, Final examination, home, projects, promised land, redemption, relationships, sadness | Leave a comment