Category: Poetry
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Renewal
Sometimes I come to termsWith all the pieces.I fit them together,Well enough,Satisfied,In agreement,with the tag ‘reality’.But it is a drug,That gives me the excuse,To miss the real,The truth that I’ve movedSo far into the shadowOf daily trials,That light is just an edge,A sliver, dim and easily unnoticed.But when I draw near to it,I see,The brightness […]
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Life on a Page – A Nod to NaNoWriMo
I had an idea, a good one.It started with pen and paper, then my hand cramped,Ditched the romantic old school notebook,Out came the keyboard,The software,The locked closet,Dim light,Sitting among shoes, clothes, books at my feet,Tipping off of shelves,Words to inspire, to cheer, to say,“keep going”.Cups stacked in cups,Dregs of coffee,Dried out tea bags,Crackers crumbs, candy […]
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Tomorrow Forgotten
We don’t think we can do it another day, Another week, But we will. Plodding along, telling ourselves, Round the next bend, Dance a little on good days, Drag our feet on bad, Step by measured step, Keep pressing on to reach the end of the road, the destination and,With each footfall,we leave behind something,Don’t […]
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