Tag: Faith
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under water
it’s still dark in here and sometimes the darkness still wins i think maybe this time the darkness won’t get me won’t scare me, won’t wear me down, but this darkness is slick like oil and spreads on me before i know it, stinging my eyes my throat i jump into the deep end, to […]
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Dragon
she breathesfireher eyeswildclaws as long as myarmscratching at thedirtscrawling angryscarsthat arrange them-selvesinto letterswordsa plea, “loveme” © Nichole Q. Perreault (Header image courtesy of: Laith Abushar https://unsplash.com/@prodigeon)
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Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
thank youwords that burnan offeringbound in ropepulled tightlaid upon the firelike a lambor Isaaccosts me somethingas if my fleshwere on the flame a lonely leafscrapes down an empty streetwhere all the doors arelocked for winterbehind themfaces that I long to seehands I cannot touchclouds that shroud the starsmake a lousy blanketI pull my scarf over […]
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Nothing But A Moon
Inspired by “Half Moon Makes Full Halo” by Jakusho Kwong The moon is nothingbut a moonCold and colorlessHer gravity barely holding the feet of mento her dry and dusty shoresBarrenShe wheels round and round the earthOn a path she didn’t chooseWhile gazing down upon that celestial springThat spinning womb thatGives birth to trees and snakesand […]
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Belong
You can’t fly a kite without stringsBut you can watch it spread its wingsSoar and dip, gently fallSwoop high over the garden wall You can watch her spread wingsYour love was just an offeringLeaning there on the garden wallYou let go of all you are Your love was just an offeringLike a nightingale song, or […]
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Inseparable, Free
(a paraphrase of Psalms 23, 73, 91, 139 and Zephaniah 3) Where can I go to get away from You?Where can I run, that You are not already there?If I go up to the heavens, You are thereAnd if I descend to the depths of despairEven to the grave, there You are You are with […]
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The Dream
You are the dream He dreamedHe dreamsthe song He singswhen the whole world sleeps You are the whisper in the windwonder hushedon angels’ lipsa secret He keeps You are the gift He gaveHe givesthe life He livesin the depths of the deep Youare the dreamthe act, the scene Youare the masterpiecepenned without ink Youare the […]
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Into the Unknown
The contemplative spiritual journey is a journey into the unknown. The more I know God the more I realize how much I don’t know about God. This can be frightening and frustrating, or we can allow it to fill us with wonder and awe. The mystics refer to this as The Cloud of Unknowing. We […]
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Playing Potter
Photo by Ricardo Mancía on Unsplash trapped behind these one-way eyes inside the lies we wear like make-up spread thick slick with a spackling knife layer slapped on layer we play Potter with counterfeit clay covering lines and carving new ones making mud masks that bury us alive that harden into barrel helms heavy on […]
Lightning Bug 