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Grace

Am I imprudent to request To fall on knees Until they bleed Is it too much To see me blessed To give me succour In my need? I am unworthy it is true But worth will fall And so will … Continue reading

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Hope

These things they say of hope I cannot see them Find myself blind It seems to me that times of hope Were times that would precede despair It was the thing I clinged to When nothing else was there And … Continue reading

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Rest Tonight

I shall sleep under stars Which know not my name Wrapped in a cloak of a stranger Brief friend on ill trodden paths I will drink of cool waters Before resting my head On the grass by the foot Of … Continue reading

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The Age of Belief

So hard to sustain Pure faith, true belief Over years When youth’s fire is in the veins There is hubris enough To overshadow doubts and fears We clasp our hopes like talisman And link hand in hand with gods and … Continue reading

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Walking

Walking alone So far from home Paths littered with debris Dank mangrove waters Clutching your courage Watching the pathway What have you known? Walking alone Walking alone Birds above winging Trees leaves are rustling Quiet in waves Hoping you’re brave … Continue reading

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The Lesser Bite

The lesser bite Of a stranger’s rejection Still stings Perhaps on its own It would never cause Such pain But it seems it comes In groups, as do These things So the cut though slight Seems somehow deep Again A … Continue reading

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One More

One more they cry One more A moment further to delay The fall of the axe The toll of the bell One more they plead One more A day is all Worth fighting for One more One more they say … Continue reading

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Certainty

How quickly now our certainties Slip through our fingers like the breeze And bring our kingdoms to their knees As beggars to their knees We build our world on shifting sand Rely on schemes and dreams and plans But little … Continue reading

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Deep Silence

This deep silence of morning Starless sky before dawn breaks Blanketed in dark and calm An island to myself I seek a comfort long forgotten In the weave of black and grey Dreams adrift and quickly floating Lover’s kiss a … Continue reading

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Once

Once I felt my heart Murmur as the softness Of a slowly billowing summer breeze The sight of one Across a room who gazed A moment too long my way Found something stirred within I’d never thought this time Would … Continue reading

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