Long Mkt Poems

Before our Savior
hung on that tree
where He gave His life
for you and me

He was bound to another
tall trunk of wood
stripped bare and naked
He meekly stood

It was Pilates order
that brought Him there
to appease the elders
for whom...

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I sit here alone in the night looking out at the horizon
watching as the gathering storm clouds are outlined 
by flashes of lightning in the inky blackness

The wind begins lashing at the trees as the...

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It's so hard to be brave 
sitting alone in the dark
when every little sound 
can give you a start
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Then something moves...

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I wander the garden path that winds
among the colorful crepe myrtle trees
Its lined with ferns, hostas and flowering
coralbells eagerly sought by honey bees

Hidden within the lush greenery and rocks
lies a tiny fairy village thats filled...

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Abandoned, broken and forlorn
it stands darkly upon a hill
A ghostly form is seen there 
and screams are heard so shrill

She wanders through the Manor
a place no one comes anymore
but children show their bravery
by running up...

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I impatiently await the coming of spring
to finally see what surprises it brings

 The warmth, the blooms, the birds, the bees
the green that will cover all of the trees

 New life will arise from its...

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I walk in the twilight …

in that in-between place which separates 
the darkness from the light …


That place where colors and dreams are 
washed out into differing shades of gray …

and they slowly fade away...

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I want to write a love poem to you...

Not a script of lust and passion and burning desire, but...

One from deep within my own beating heart written with 
the hopes and dreams of things to...

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I fight in a war that none can see
An internal strife between myself and me
Will I fall to the dark or walk in the light
give in to despair or stand up and fight

Two paths lie...

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