Remember the hearts
that never quite fit in.
No warm welcome.
No home to come to.
Not for lack of trying.
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Returning
The Darkness
I told a lie about another
it was totally fictitious
the delivery malicious
no reason I can discover
the day I started a rumor.
Continue readingWeight No More
At some point,
I can’t tell you when,
I picked up a weight
unseen, I carried it within.
The weight settled in my soul
and I felt it when I sighed –
one of those deep cleansing sighs
that should have made me feel right.
Continue readingMy Standard Stick
I don’t remember when
but quite some time ago
I picked up a stick to measure
that I held like a treasure
to watch my character grow.
Continue readingWe Humans
I love you
I think you know it
but my love is shown imperfectly
it sometimes comes awkward and clumsy
but that’s the best
we humans can do.
Continue readingI’m Done Thinking About It
I’m done thinking about it.
The old me would have held onto it.
The new me will let it go.
Continue readingEmotions
Today
I can’t today.
Too much is going on
all things in commotion
stirring up my emotion
can’t calm down
my focus is gone.
Continue readingGrand Blanc Michigan
I never knew of your existence
until now, until now
we are separated by some distance
I know now, I know now
by our faith we are connected
truly now, truly now
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