Category: Life Poems
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The Secret Power – A Poem
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Do you want to know a secret? One with the power to completely change your life this very second? Well, lean closer then. I’ll have to whisper it in your ear. We can’t have the whole world knowing the truth. Brace yourself. MAGIC IS REAL. We each possess forces we can’t begin to understand –…
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Introspection – A Poem
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Stop chasing trouble. It doesn’t follow you without an invitation to walk through your door. So why do you seem so surprised when it uses your heart to mop the floor? Can you simply not see the signals? Can you really not recognize the signs? Or are you just unable to face yourself in the…
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Fragile – A Sonnet
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Beauty bathes like a new born babe, swimming into the world in a mother’s embrace. Shining like a light that quickly fades, extinguished into nothing without a trace. Beauty rests like a fresh, wet snow blanketed over the frozen ground, but with only the warning of the sun’s warm glow, fades into silence without a…
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The River
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Driven by the forces of the river. Drifting through the bends. Destined to be deposited into the vast, open sea where uncertainty begins. A longing makes its lodging deep inside, afraid of where I’m going, longing for what I’m leaving behind. I call out, “River, stop this instant. Throw me upon your banks. March me…
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Resolutions – A Poem About Grace and Jesus
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Another year.Another day.Another chance to seize destiny. To stand in front of the mirror,dreaming how much prettier I’ll be this year,glorifying and gloating in myself. But resolutions quickly falterand that glass altar I worshiped atshatters before I even make it to spring. This year, I don’t want a temporary fixfor a wound that reopens time…
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One Determined Day At A Time
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I plucked the pieces of forbidden fruit and bit into them, ravished by their taste – devouring the memories my mind had shielded me from for far too long. They tasted sweet on the tongue, left me reminiscing for the days when I was young, but lingered too long and became bitter – the winter of…
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Innocence
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The dogs of reason nip at my heels. I shout commands and blow my whistle, but still they refuse to yield. Like a veracious pack of hungry wolves, they won’t be satisfied until they kill and their bellies are full Sucking the life from my veins and draining everything but stark reality, desiring I may…
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To Be Human
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I once believed I was a wallflower, A seed sown in an empty field, Thinking thoughts and speaking in tongues No one could understand, A circus clown performing to a crowd of empty seats, Alienated. Ostracized. Alone. But the more I observe the human condition, The more I see that no one is spared from…
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A Light in the Darkness
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When all lights have been extinguished And it seems all stars have faded to black, When all mock your name And this cold world leaves you on your back, When sickness leaves your body limp And you’re unable to make it on your own, When friends turn against you And you feel you’re all alone,…
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Walk On
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If the road stretches you, walk on. Sprint, stumble, or crawl but walk on. Don’t look for the exit signs, the mile markers, rest stops, or places to lodge. Fix yourself to the road ahead, not the distractions on the sidelines. Hold your destination firmly in your hands and grip it tight, or else it’ll…
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The Artist
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For me to live a life void of expression means to not live at all. Yet I’ve ignored the true desire of my heart for so long it seems my craft has become rusty and dull. Thoughts used to be able to slice words through page after page. But now I find them jagged and…
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