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Empty Truth

12 Thursday Apr 2018

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hope, love, National Poetry Month, poem, poetry, truth

I gave you all

let it slip straight through

my heart overflowing smiles

directed straight at you

 

So you felt full

a new confidence showed

as we confided stories

and our hopes glowed

 

but you pierced a hole

not in you but in me

nothing left to share

the truth I finally see

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Our Time, Our Days

28 Monday Aug 2017

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just as I was leaving

you found me again

now we’re right back

onto that same track

 

you make me want to stay

you make me want to go

wherever you decide now

I’ll figure out how

 

each with a foot out the door

we found an anchor of hope

like a welcoming homecoming

a reminder of becoming

 

when we lost touch then

we lost our way to stay

yet here at a crossroads now

we have place to share our odes

 

you kept in my time

feelings ticking on your wrist

a subtle reminder of me

and what we may not see to be

 

while I tucked away mine

let the hands fall still

waiting for a chance to tick

yet on your day it’d stick

 

 

 

 

because once we reached

our time coincided

the days the same

despite what the calendar said

 

 

July 20, 2017

 

Craving Higher Hopes

27 Sunday Aug 2017

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authenticity, comfort, connection, daydream, desire, hope, identity, inspiration, light, love, poem, poetry, presence, relationship, safe, self, smile

no money, no rent

no way to meet ends

yet you daydream away

hoping somebody else tends

 

a day laid in bed

a blanket blocking out

no light streaming in

inspiration to move about

 

until I’m invited again

a smile lift lips

as you start to arise

head resting on my hips

 

my lap brings comfort

the presence you need

to embrace the real you

as that desire you feed

 

a connecting you bring

to go deeper you crave

what you hold dearly

you still can save

 

 

July 20, 2017

Long Distance kiss

22 Tuesday Aug 2017

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good night, love, poem, poetry, relationships, time

almost time to sleep

time to say good night

not lie wake to keep

thinking of what might

missing your warm arms

body entangling me tight

a hug holding us as one

knowing our timing falls right

pursuing what has begun

always in each other’s sight

See Me Sparks a Last Place Spot

10 Saturday Dec 2016

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I recently finished reading Nicholas Sparks’ second newest novel See Me. Though I consider myself a big Sparks fan, I did not enjoy this story nearly as much as his other books. Seeing him write a story with a greater thriller aspect showed a range in his talents, but the story didn’t get as deep as usual.

The characters were in their mid twenties like me, and I wouldn’t have guessed that. Colin attending college classes gives him a younger aspect, but Maria didn’t seem to hold many similarities to me or any of my friends my age. Unlike most of us, she got right into a good career track and in law, a tough field. To top off the two dimensional characters, the suspense had hit and miss elements. The mystery itself for the stalker had its strength and would have fit into the thriller genre as far as I can tell since I don’t read many books in that genre. However, it took multiple paragraphs to get to an assailant sneaking up to Maria. Even I knew the forthcoming action and didn’t feel added suspense waiting those extra descriptive paragraphs just for the actual event.

I still enjoyed the book and still love Sparks. This book just might rank last in all the ones I’ve read. I suppose one has to land there. It shows Sparks can flex his writing muscles in genres outside love stories, and it demonstrated the power of a close knit family (Maria’s) and how people and look out for and comfort each other.

Love’s Glow

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

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collide, fate, Haiku, light, love, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, true love

Lightbulb without spark

Hasn’t brightened since that day

Our fates collided 

One Forest

10 Tuesday Feb 2015

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connection, dreams, forest, growth, life, love, moon, nature, people, personal growth, poem, poetry, sky, trees

A pale moon still glows 
Daylight bringing new
Dreams from sleep possible

I awoke closer to you 
Thoughts bridging gaps
Night and day become one

Shadows cast on me 
Only emphasize what’s left
Those few green branches 

What otherwise seems bare
Simply waits to grow
Needles, flowers, leaves emerge 

Reaching out, reaching up
I connect tree to tree
One forest of growth

Glimpses Of Possibility

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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beauty, dark, darkness, depression, dream, dreams, faith, Haiku, home, hope, love, mask, poem, poetry, possibility, potential, smile

This smile’s no mask

when I can’t possibly hide

you’ve changed my dark tide

You see beyond me

a beauty brightly deeper

what I feared steeper

Confidently soft

you’ve welcomed me home again

so I say Amen

Rosy cheeks flushing

after sharp witted comebacks

I see what I lack

Finding myself near

what I lost, I feared, I dreamed

Love’s more than I deemed

Flashback Friday: “Closer” by Ne-Yo

19 Friday Dec 2014

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Ne-Yo’s upbeat song “Closer” reminds us of the basic need for human interaction. Not only do people crave love on a deep level, but they seek simple connection. Even the music video shows that the singer can’t spend all his time alone. A wonderful link, or even a lack thereof, can trigger drug like responses in the brain.

It seems common knowledge that falling in love has its euphoric side effects. Ordinary conversation can produce similar reactions. As Ne-Yo describes the draw of the woman he sees at some public establishment, “I just can’t pull myself away.” Neither can anyone from society. A quick exchange at the grocery store reminds the customer and clerk that they live in a world where they serve each other. Talking to a trusted friend delves deeper to give each the opportunity to let their thoughts flow freely. Without sharing, people only crave interaction, leading to potential stir crazy actions. Yet most would share Ne-Yo’s sentiment that “I just can’t pull myself away/under a spell I can’t break/I just can’t stop” as they can’t last long without seeking out another person.

This song in particular captures the positively addictive powers of love, but it hits the basic need for human interaction as well. The more one gets, the more one wants, as they discover it “shines just like a star.” Like the shining woman, interaction owns the world.

Capture My Heart

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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Christian living, Christianity, eternal love, father, gifts, God, grace, hope, Jesus, light, lonely, love, Operation Christmas Child, poem, poetry, relationship, Samaritan's Purse, saved, Savior, shoeboxes

Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week starts tomorrow. This poem prays for the children around the world who will receive shoebox gifts and a message about Jesus Christ, the greatest gift of all. Visit the Samaritan’s Purse page to learn more about how you can touch a life with God’s love.

Made by God my heart sits

Lonely and unsure inside me

A great hope it knows not yet

For Jesus I have not met

Desired by God my heart waits

Anxious and warm beating me

This relationship’s not yet made

With this Father who won’t fade

Accepted by Jesus my heart opens

Saved and loved completely whole

A new creature and life renewed

Through blood shed and grace imbued

Now to you my heart spills

Shining light and inviting you

To an eternal love you have not yet

With Savior, Father, Counselor now met

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