August 2011
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Light a Candle [In Remembrance]
11 years gone
But I will still light a candle
Keep kindling the warm feeling
For this special occasion.
6 years older
But not too far removed
To have built camaraderie with me.
So I will break out the balloons
Take a moment
To breathe in your honor
Because your passing reminds me
Of the costliness of that breath.
A lifetime to go
Until we join hands again
But I will spend each day
Smiling at the...
July 2011
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All
I wondered when
Will I truly have it all,
So I wanted and needed
But the more I heaped
Onto the pile of stuff in front of me
I cluttered up my alter
And I no longer had room
To submit my life to God.
The pile climbed higher
And formed deep valleys
Where I could wallow in my possessions
But the more I possessed
The more I took back from my Father.
Settled in my spiritual sloth
And was lulled by my...
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Meant to Be
Love is meant to be made not taken
Not ripped from clenched,
Unwilling fists
But with open palms
Lavish and spoil
Not hoarded with selfishness
And left to rot in the corner of a cold heart
But love is meant to
Shine out in the open
Rise and set with us
Sit at the table with us
Sleeves rolled up and pants loosened
After a great meal
love is meant to be intentionally messy
running over the sides of...
