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Through a stained-glass window

There’s no need to cover my eyes

From the way that life is

For this one moment in time

Arrogance would have me surprised

Humbly I see how

I’ve been keeping myself out of

The Light.

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Spend time writing

Not reading

Not thinking

Not researching or

Reviewing.

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Instead,

Give it purpose

Value

Meaning.

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“But it was good

of you to share

in my troubles.”

Thanks for the encouragement

Paul to the Phillippians

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Guiding Light


Divine Advice

Leading me to share

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What I have


H


E


A


R


D


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What did I learn

of my creative process this year


Longing for connection


Aching to understand

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My thoughts float through me

Escaping before meaning sets in


I cannot manage meaning

At this time

For it baffles

Me Confined.

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Interpretations

From an attempt

To vocalize.


That’s not what I intended


That’s not what I meant

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There’s something else

I want to say


Thoughts to paper

Thoughts completed


What I learned

from this

I could make it

to 2021

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And now to think abstractly

Think of my life from what I see

I am but a

Copse of trees

Some aphyllous others not

There’s a

potential there

Power

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Plans.

Schedules

Structure

All can be erased

A matter of moments

Nisus

Did I make an

effort

Where did that even lead?

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God snurtles

at my plans


My plans


The plan

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Thrown through the curtains

Half covering

the sun rays

Two panes

of glass

One gaping

eyethurl

a hole

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What did I learn

About myself

I have something

to share

From within

Be it

I have reached

An anomalous

point in my life


Anonmalaous

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Death to the way

of the widdershins

Such a lover

of words I am.


The intentional purpose defines

Words

from a passion

Not unlike

mine or yours

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An individual

who once decreed

There are just

no known words

To describe

this here

Nothing satisfies

Nothing fits

No

Emotions

Emit

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And so a new word became.


A new word

was found.


Tears fall

for those many

now lost

since we create

our own now

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Life

is what I wish

to bring

Back into these words

that had been

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Empowerment

Builds

And rebuilds

Them

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The gentle

tangled

curls

Lay

severed

on the floor

The silk like fur

of my cat

Reminds me

I’ve already

Overcome that

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The adversary

plots

against me

Words

become

confused

My heart cries out

There’s

no more

I

can do

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The adversary reminds me

of my failures.


My past cannot escape me

Although

I tried to make things easier.

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Let them win!

“Give in”

I can hear.


My voice

interrupts

My heart

boldly whispers

And reminds me

“You can”

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I love the gift

of yet another chance.


Responding

with courage


Blossoming fruit from my branch

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