Tag Archives: death

Moving On

Would it shock you to know that if I knew how, I would give up my breath and move on to the next plane. My stroked life and life in this nursing home are almost unbearable and certainly not worth … Continue reading

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What?

What they don’t tell you is there are worse things than death…surly. Sometimes I think my stroke could be worse or a least harder than death. Surly long suffering is worse than death. Surly. No one tells us because no … Continue reading

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Altars

the photos sit on table tops outside offices in corporate halls altars to dead men, executives who died tragically, too soon it takes a shutting down of heart to ignore the subtle energy drain of these altars Yes, portraits of … Continue reading

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Senses

What I’d give       to smell your aftershave      to touch your hand      to see your face      to taste your mouth      and hear you laugh again    

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Hanging On

unlike bats in covered places brown, dried leaves desperately hang to branches in a sprinkle of cold rain   Wrote this morning while waiting in the drive-thru at Starbucks. Some leaves and people find it easy to release and let … Continue reading

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It Won’t Matter

It Won’t Matter Written by you or not, at the end of your bucket list is the entry:  Meeting with God. It won’t matter one iota if you believed in the shining, pearly gates of heaven and the verses in … Continue reading

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My Writing Process Tour

Yay!  I’m joining a blog tour today, My Writing Process.  Thank you, Michelle Pond, for inviting me. Readers, you can find Michelle on her blog, MAPoet.  There you will find her poetry and a link to her published collection titled I Keep … Continue reading

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Blackbird’s Soar

Blackbird’s Soar on the wings of night moments arise that free the eyes to see what’s broken and dead in life in morning’s light  the blackbird’s soar frees the heart to see living possibilities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written for The Sunday Whirl.  … Continue reading

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Cat’s Growl

  pack your bags ask why dig out the root-cause make a plan to heal by mending in time you’ll miss the cat’s growl you may sleep in rows with bursts of shivering but you won’t visit heaven, yet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading

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Cemetery Jesus

hawk on the head of a cemetery Jesus I imagine he chuckles at my expectation of a dove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linking with dVerse~Poets Pub

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