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The Open Window
The Open Window I just opened a window. In the space Of a heart-beat Magic happened. My senses Are aroused By sumptuous melodies Of songbirds Singing so near It seems They’ve flown Into my office To share their gifts With … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Joy & Happiness, Life, Poetry, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged beauty, Life, living, poems, poetry
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Sock War!
Originally posted on Russ Towne's A Grateful Man :
One day when our boys were still fairly young, I kidded my Beloved about something as she sorted and matched a basket of clean socks, rolling the matched pairs into little…
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The Kind of Friend I Want to Be
The Kind of Friend I Want to Be One day I found I had false friends It broke my heart and I blamed them But blaming those I couldn’t count on Taught me nothing and I was wrong I had … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Friendship, Poetry, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged choices, Friendship, poems, poetry
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Lightly child, lightly
I found it exhausting (without my even being aware of the load) as I (mostly unknowingly) fought the draw to live my dreams and follow my passions rather than to keep living in fear. The incredible weight came from fighting … Continue reading
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Any time you doubt your own worth, remember this story…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
The Black Telephone… When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood.. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the Wall.…
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That day
Originally posted on forgottenmeadows:
That day… The world forgot to be kind, and you forgot to be patient, and in between figuring out who you were, and where you came from, and why you were here, the clouds of life,…
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A Man With a Treasure
A Man With a Treasure I know a man Who has A true treasure For a wife Yet too often Chooses To focus On her relatively few faults Instead of celebrating And Being grateful For all the ways He is … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Observations, Poetry, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged focus, marriage, mistakes, poem, poetry
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