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Undated 2017

photograph (poem)

wander through, like sunlight on my fingertips
I cast about the empty room,
like a dancer caught in arabesque
frozen in the midst of time
like a photograph in endless light

rush (poem)

softly, we open our mouths and whisper
silence wept beneath the rush
of the silent rushing water
under our bridge — Hush, dear; hush

July

7/9/17

Adoption (poem)

Heaven would be ours
should we know our powers,
for heaven is within
and to the Lord we're kin
if we take His name,
let His adoption claim
change the name we hold
into His like and mold.

Heartbeat (poem)

There's a song in my heart
O the mercies I chart
In the soul of my God
In the depths of His love

When anxiety frays
My peace and it sways
My soul from its course
I command, Light, come forth!

For the power of Christ
Is the song of my life
It is pounding in me
The true heartbeat of me

Another word for (poem)

Technical difficulties
Is another word
For universe having a laugh

there's water (poem)

there's water under the bridge
it's gone, long gone, by now
but there's a channel in the earth
of our history and a bridge

dawn echo (poem)

echoing into the darkness
shines the light
open my eyes to brightness
newness of sight
shake out my newborn wings
and rise in flight

7/24/17

Burning Bridges (poem)

Yesterday, a bridge
Today, the ashy water
Pours out of my mouth
Like a mighty river

Feathers (poem)

Two broken wings
Taped together
Maybe we can't fly
We keep each other warm

7/25/17

Transcend (poem)

Look into my butterfly heart
Look beneath my tight furl'd wings
In the cocoon, that dark, close part
There transcend terrestial things
I'll wake soon
And leave cocoon

7/28/17

May (poem)

I am grateful for the sun
It may be hot, but I am warm

I am grateful for the wind
It may be cold, but I can breathe

I am grateful for my friends
They may tease, but I am loved

I am grateful for the day
I may be tired, but I'm alive

The Heart and the Spark (poem)

Every once in a while
Someone falls in love
It couldn't be me, it wouldn't be me
But knowing it isn't enough
You can't just think it is true
Or feel it deep down in your bones
Your heart and the spark
Must ever apart
Remain or bam! you're in love

Uncertain Date

Prayer 010. Remind Me (poem)

Today, remind me who to be
A child of God in everything
To hold to You, O Lord, and cling
To the love of Christ in me

August

8/15/17

(for me)

broken eggshells
my heart
emptiness inside

this too (poem)

this too shall pass
even this
tomorrow it
will not be missed

where I've been (poem)

tell me where I've been
I've been hiding out for a while
hiding in the bottom
of my quiet, shivering heart
tell me what to say
what you will believe
I promise nothing but
an ever tighter weave

running like a mind (poem)

there's water under the bridge
it's running like a mind
ahead of the briar thorns
of memory in my spine
there's water under the bridge
it's drowning like a lie
beneath relentless truth
when nothing left can hide

8/16/17

burden (poem)

we are tired
of the heavy places,
the deep tirades,
required graces,
every word
you ever spoke
from the day
my eyes awoke

8/17/17

dance our war (poem)

we conquered cities
we stomped our feet
danced our war
to every beat
of our twin hearts
and no retreat
cry, my love
the taste is sweet

8/21/17

sometimes, you lose (poem)

Sometimes, you lose a poem
It falls from your mind like drops of sunlight
Pouring molten into the next
At least, you pray, it'll have a good rest

This Time (poem)

This isn't the first time you've done this
Disappointed me in my grief
This isn't the first time you've brought me
To tears and to disbelief
But I will find from inside me
The strength to give praise to my God
For even from this, He can save me
Even from this, can bring good

Light (poem)

Moonlight, starlight, sunlight
Last light, first light, bright light
You are the light of day to me
You are the glow over tides I see
You are the brightness before the dawn
I stare at you through the eclipse — you're gone

kiss me goodnight (poem)

kiss me where the blood runs down
where water flows and floods the town
where right is left and up is down
where angels drench their wings and drown

dance me in the brightest light
where sun is flaming into night
burning as it falls from sight
the end of all, eternal night

8/22/17

A Cat (poem)

Some days I think
To myself on the brink
Of another load
Of work, O to be
A cat!

Sky (poem)

flowers bright and warm
their brilliant colors waving
in gentle summer breezes
beneath a cloud-full sky

the way the sun rises
against the golden tide
cresting a deep blue ocean
guided by evening star

the way the sun sets
over the nimbus hues
of vivid pink and scarlet
my Colorado skies

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 == Undated 2017 ==
-=== photograph ===
+=== [[photograph (poem)]] ===
 wander through, like sunlight on my fingertips<br>
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 like a photograph in endless light
-=== rush ===
+=== [[rush (poem)]] ===
 softly, we open our mouths and whisper<br>
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 === 7/9/17 ===
-==== Adoption ====
+==== [[Adoption (poem)]] ====
 Heaven would be ours<br>
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 into His like and mold.
-==== Heartbeat ====
+==== [[Heartbeat (poem)]] ====
 There's a song in my heart<br>
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 The true heartbeat of me
-==== Another word for ====
+==== [[Another word for (poem)]] ====
 Technical difficulties<br>
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 For universe having a laugh
-==== there's water ====
+==== [[there's water (poem)]] ====
 there's water under the bridge<br>
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 of our history and a bridge
-==== dawn echo ====
+==== [[dawn echo (poem)]] ====
 echoing into the darkness<br>
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 === 7/24/17 ===
-==== Burning Bridges ====
+==== [[Burning Bridges (poem)]] ====
 Yesterday, a bridge<br>
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 Like a mighty river
-==== Feathers ====
+==== [[Feathers (poem)]] ====
 Two broken wings<br>
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 === 7/25/17 ===
-==== Transcend ====
+==== [[Transcend (poem)]] ====
 Look into my butterfly heart<br>
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 === 7/28/17 ===
-==== May ====
+==== [[May (poem)]] ====
 I am grateful for the sun<br>
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 I may be tired, but I'm alive
-==== The Heart and the Spark ====
+==== [[The Heart and the Spark (poem)]] ====
 Every once in a while<br>
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 === Uncertain Date ===
-==== Prayer ###. Remind Me ====
+==== [[Prayer 010. Remind Me (poem)]] ====
 Today, remind me who to be<br>
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 === 8/15/17 ===
-==== (for me) ====
+==== [[(for me)]] ====
 broken eggshells<br>
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 emptiness inside
-==== this too ====
+==== [[this too (poem)]] ====
 this too shall pass<br>
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 will not be missed
-==== where I've been ====
+==== [[where I've been (poem)]] ====
 tell me where I've been<br>
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 an ever tighter weave
-==== running like a mind ====
+==== [[running like a mind (poem)]] ====
 there's water under the bridge<br>
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 === 8/16/17 ===
-==== burden ====
+==== [[burden (poem)]] ====
 we are tired<br>
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 === 8/17/17 ===
-==== dance our war ====
+==== [[dance our war (poem)]] ====
 we conquered cities<br>
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 === 8/21/17 ===
-==== sometimes, you lose ====
+==== [[sometimes, you lose (poem)]] ====
 Sometimes, you lose a poem<br>
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 At least, you pray, it'll have a good rest
-==== This Time ====
+==== [[This Time (poem)]] ====
 This isn't the first time you've done this<br>
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 Even from this, can bring good
-==== Light ====
+==== [[Light (poem)]] ====
 Moonlight, starlight, sunlight<br>
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 I stare at you through the eclipse — you're gone
-==== kiss me goodnight ====
+==== [[kiss me goodnight (poem)]] ====
 kiss me where the blood runs down<br>
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 === 8/22/17 ===
-==== A Cat ====
+==== [[A Cat (poem)]] ====
 Some days I think<br>
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 A cat!
-==== Sky ====
+==== [[Sky (poem)]] ====
 flowers bright and warm<br>
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 my Colorado skies
-==== Shadow ====
+==== [[Shadow (poem)]] ====
 shadow on the wall<br>
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 through the heart of everything
-==== Lock and Key ====
+==== [[Lock and Key (poem)]] ====
 you're the lock, I'm the key<br>
 together we are everything
-==== wild flower ====
+==== [[wild flower (poem)]] ====
 Robe the fields in scarlet<br>