eternity
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i dreamed about vast grandeur, an eternal unfolding sky. endless, enveloping, seeming where old things go to die. i dreamed of far bright lights upon a darkened sullen gray following, following, now ever closer i choose to run away. I dreamed of green, lighted fields the ones inviting so severing, severing my earthly ties now Read more
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“But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time” Psalm 69:13 NKJV Where are you, days gone by? I consider the sun’s rise once again onto fog shrouded oceans of wondering eyes peering up to the heavens hoping and praying that enigmatic Time will tell his story and all Read more
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And so, fields of green.New breath of lifeSeeking spring rainsWhich pleasantly placateThe thirstOf all things. And so, fields of gold.O, the time of our standPassing quickly, steadily…Now balmy days of reflection:Satisfied and flourishing,Certain and abounding And so, fields of gray.Joyful rest in shortened daysBlanketed with a colorful coveringOf leaves from trees.Wiser now and older, patient.Seeds Read more
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The brevity of a moment Lost on a sigh. One exhale relieving A thought wound tight In an ever-resistant mind Refusing to give in, But rather to hold on to what Keeps us awake at night. The frail moon is riding a Determined orbital path, Watching with compassioned concern Trains of thought Rising from many Read more
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no longer a memory, but an ethereal gesture or a heavenly breeze and a wisp of a surreal exhale – old and new, beginning and ending – permanently a part of all things made new from the blemished and the famished to lucidly pure crystalline stone through which to see the face of our Lord. Read more
Rick Stassi Poetry 