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I am Rich!

Today I turned 41! Crazy! I still don’t feel 40 – so it’s hard to believe I am a year older than that. As I look at my life now I see many struggles. BUT – I also see I am rich. I am rich because I have had 4 children and have never known […]

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We Seek

We seek freedom and power Before age or beauty Concept or brain… Control of an empire Without fruitful desire Or judgement by trial… We seek knowledge before wisdom Love without return Journey absent destination… Inevitably the teaching After error and pain Humbled glory in vain… We then seek to turn And believe beyond ourselves Honoring […]

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Dreams

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Power

I am merely a whisper Within the scream A hopeful wonder… Or pleasant dream. I am the thought Within the action… Hearing the voice When losing traction. I am the love Inside the hate. . . Or the narrator Within your fate. I am the control In letting go… Building assumptions Inside the know. I […]

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The Plan

A voice is silent in this yelling spell Eyes open ears While a tongue breaks the heart Healed by drying tears. And whispers in the leaves Fall like screams Just like the memory Soaked by dreams. And I’ll wake Just like times before But gone to the wisdom Or hope for more. Where is this […]

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I Am

I am the wrong I am the right I am darkness I am light I am the moment I am the now I am the why I am the how I am what was I am what is I am the piece I am the quiz I am them I am you I am the […]

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Magic

I am but a child Confined to adult walls… Begging for mercy- And punishment to stall. Seeking fairytales And no ending to fear… Defeating any beast Credits only to cheer. Belief in a magic Even logic cannot break… Angels patiently waiting- When life is more than I can take. I want to find heart In […]

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Am I!

Am I angry Or sad The horizon lacks a name Am I comfortable Or awkward Pleasure causing pain Am I lonely With company Minutes are so loud Am I aware Or dreaming A shadow in the crowd Am I here Or gone Is it Life I choose to live? Am I changing This season Not […]