All the Kings Men I wake up in the morning, and for a brief second I have forgotten; I inhale, look around at what was once my life, everything looks the same, but nothing is as it was, and I remember. When you were all that I had, you decided to leave...
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Where Are We? Greetings! Where are you? I’ve missed you. I sat at the window, our window looking for you looking for us. I watched the sun rise and then set again but you did not come. We never came. I waited for us to come strolling by hand in hand, like we...
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Shelter It is crooked and not at all attractive dull in color and design built by that not so kind man who was proud of his creation because he was able to pick who may come to feast I had thoughts of tearing it down replacing it with a work of art or...
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Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! What are we celebrating today? A beginning or an end? Is there a difference? Does it matter? Are we just marking time, between yesterday and today, and somehow hopping that it matters? Happy New Year! Merry Christmas!...
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Is This What We Thought Grown Up Would Be? Did we expect our life to look like this? Were you going to go off to the office, why I stayed home baking cookies and plotting the overthrow of our HOA? Were we going to have two cars parked in the garage, and a...
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An Autumn Afternoon Futilely, I search for the perfect words to captures this splendor, which I am momentarily permitted to gaze upon. This vista will not last. Perhaps for a few weeks, but most likely in a matter of days, it will be irrevocably changed. It seems, to me,...
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Second Draft Second draft – Well I make it this time? Well I write you a letter? Well I somehow find the courage to write what I am really thinking – feeling? I always start with good intentions. Determined to match your literary masterpiece, with a creation of my own, penned on fine,...
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Sisterhood Sisterhood – Why does it frighten us so? It is not a bad word, you know. Don’t be scared – It means strength, security, comfort. Don’t be scared – We are sisters – Friends, Mothers, Wives, Daughters, Lovers, Sisters. Sisterhood – It is our wealth, our hope, our legacy.
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“FREEDOM IS NOT FREE” I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young soldier saluted it, and then He stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He’d stand out in any crowd. I...
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Gilded Cage It is a perfect cage Flawlessly glided But permanently sealed There is only one way in And no way out It lacks for nothing The accommodations are impeccable No need to request service As all needs are met Without so much As a stated request Attention and affection Are...
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