Devotion
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O poor man you so quickly give up when diverse atmosphere shrouds an otherwise happy moment grasped onto as securely as climbing a rope of cascading sand. Life is nothing more than a failed memory, joy faded, peace penetrated, melody unresolved in chords connected to hope in your unsettled soul’s symphony. Existential nightmare of a Read more
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heart empties of blue and gray from those early times of great dismay avarice and vanity flee while temptation cries out selfish plea the cowardice of the pitiful swarm with ego away in supercilious storm energizing color will soon adhere to welcoming pale of a sad old year and you shall know the source of Read more
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i am sure the sun will rise and awaken silent sleepy eyes bringing radiant waves of light warming skin cooled from the night i am sure, as sure as can be that rain begins upon the sea giving flowers and grasses green a glimpse of heaven, eternally serene i am sure that God above will Read more
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Your oversight of precious worth Sustaining life apart from mirth Blind to glances of loving care Leaving lost senses unaware Despair’s song the mourning dove sings You were meant to hear such things Shadows hide the sunlit glare In hidden darkness a lifeless lair But O, the mist of early rain A calming tear is Read more
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the swallow dips for one fresh drink upon the glass surface of a lake disrupting an all-azure reflection with determined ripples on this clear day when thoughts stray on an infinite line pausing to take a rest without veering – knowing no left or right – to join as one with a point on a Read more
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