| It is just barely warm enough
for branches I'd left for dead
to prove me wrong.
Bits of green are causing me
to lose my bet. Winter will not
last forever, as I'd thought.
Pink petals are kind, and do
not shout "I told you so" as
they fall to the ground on the
same day they bloom.
Spring may have surprised
me again, but I still cannot
believe in summer.
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| I've never begged to hold
on to the past, but I would
really prefer if no one else
would make it their present
or future.
This is not a luxury
I've been afforded.
If you let it go, someone
else may pick it
up and make it their own.
I wasn't prepared for
this.
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| I wish for my transitions to be
as smooth and quick as the dusk -
as clouds sink beneath
blackness and the light drips
into the horizon.
Or that my transitions would be
like the leaves as they turn over,
fade to brown, and glide to the
ground with certainty that
a new beginning is only a winter
away.
But my transitions seem slower,
sluggish, haphazard - more like
a bear stumbling from a deep
sleep - disoriented with no idea
how this new surrounding has
appeared. Yet there is a driving,
sustaining calm.
It is all changing, but
somehow
it is all the same.
New day.
New leaf.
New year.
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| The glow of the city
is obscuring my
view of the stars.
Oh
to see the stars
to gaze beyond what I can touch
to get lost in a world I cannot hold.
But here in the city
everything is
too close for comfort
too easy to own
too small to hide.
The fluorescent glow is
pale and the haze
merely blocks
my view of true
light.
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| Oh Lord, God of our Fathers
This day, let it be known
That you, Lord, are God of the present tense
Oh, I've said this all before.
I am sure you are all sick of hearing it.
Sorry.
Here it is again.
Mary, stop planning your own life.
Mary, focus on what is in front of you.
Mary, you may have ideas, but it won't turn out how you think.
Mary, your only fulfillment comes from Christ.
Mary, he has made you with a purpose.
Mary, you are not your own.
Mary, humble yourself.
Thanks,
Mgmt.
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