Tag: Mindfulness

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Summer Gladness

As the bees buzz And snakes crawl Dragging summer Grass stands tall… Crickets sing When birds lay sleep Within the season The soul does keep- For life lives In all living things So many verses Beyond the strings… Inches from slumber- Or living again Live the now Before the Then.

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Small Blessings

Sometimes beautiful nights come after a really bad day – and such is life. I understand that without the bad days – I would appreciate good days less. But… the string of bad days has beat out the good ones too often lately. And yet… I know my blessings exceed my trials. I do! But […]

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A Moment

Numb and present A glorious gift Beyond wolves and prey But a needed lift… Yes to reality But only to pretend- Learning from this Faith and sin… Understanding the moment While forgiving the past… Honest for a moment- Or seconds that last.

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It’s Not

It’s not knowing Or thinking Just hoping Or dreaming It’s not nothing Or everything Just stopping Or going… It’s not believing Or seeing- It just is And breathtaking

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Lightning Real

The storm rolls Without fury or fight Just a spark in the darkness To light up the night… The crows are silent And the wind is still- The air hot But still a chill… And while the Heaven’s talk Hell is asleep But all storms find life In the silence we keep… For no secret […]

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