For as long as John can remember, he has always had to fight The story of his birth tells the tale so right, of how he fought his mom in the womb and near almost took her to the tomb He has fought every day of his life for his bread, his place, his love... Continue Reading →
THE SPOKEN WORD
The words we speak have power; power to heal, love, laugh and rebuild. Our words can also break, destroy, belittle or discourage. Start today practicing words that build and enrich, rather than break people down because you can. It is usually not necessary, it shows we are afraid and weak & want to lash out... Continue Reading →
A CONFLICT
A struggle, a clash of opposing forces, strife A collision of ideas, ideologies, emotions & feelings A discord, a twisting, a wrenching of the heartstrings A confusion, illusions of desire of wants and needs all twisted A going forth, going back, thinking forward, looking backwards A conflict, yet an outreach, a cry for help to... Continue Reading →
FORCED TO BE STILL
You have been living in the fast lane for too long Oh not the fast lane of promiscuity, decadence or booze The fast lane of an ordered life, always running to catch up From sun up to sun down, you start with a run You compete with the sun to see who will rise first... Continue Reading →
UNIQUE BEAUTY
Your unique beauty can only be doubted by yourself The words and appellations of others might cause us to pause but the adopting of their words is entirely our responsibility When we do not see just how fabulously complex and amazing we are as unique human beings, we allow others the chance to create duplicates... Continue Reading →
SECOND CHANCES
We are all equipped with second chances. Sometimes second chances come immediately after we have messed up. Other times our second chances come years later to make up for what we should have done right at the time. Second chances don't always come about because we did something wrong the first time, at times we... Continue Reading →
SEASONS
There is a time and season for everyone that comes in our lives There is a place and role for everyone that we encounter There is a teacher and a lesson attached to everyone we meet There is a reason when the season for someone is over in our life There is God in everything... Continue Reading →
BROKEN RIVER
BROKEN RIVER The River flows ever so faithfully on its way It carries so much if you look beneath its waves On the surface it is gentle, beautiful, full of grace Beneath the surface lies the heart of grey The river ebbs and flows with the currents At times it forms its path from... Continue Reading →
DEAR DIARY
THE ISSUE OF GUILT We often find ourselves feeling guilty. Growing up Catholic it wasn't hard to be familiar with the term, I even felt guilty in my teens coming back from Confession cause I "withheld" some sins from the Priest and told him only the good ones I could look him in the... Continue Reading →
THE SOUND OF A BREAKTHROUGH
Hahahahahahahaha I heard them laugh Hohohohohohohoh I heard him bellow Hihihihihihihihihihi I heard her scream! Hehehehehehehehe they're all rejoicing. What pray tell is all the commotion about I had to know what this music was I needed to know why I was so affected I knew not of what, but I knew it was... Continue Reading →
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