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I Knew a Man
I knew a man who knew a man who always said he knew where the winds were coming from and just which way they blew. He knew what made the Heavens and why the sky was blue; he promised if … Continue reading
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Sometimes
Sometimes I fill my heart with woe when thoughts go where they shouldn’t go. I think of pain and fear and sorrow; I think of lives with no tomorrow. And, deep inside, I always know without love that’s where we … Continue reading
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Across the Track
Angels cry and hearts are sold so many stories go untold on streets where beauty often roams ‘mongst ragged souls in search of homes. ‘Tis there the story does unfold of misery and hearts of gold. Of men and women … Continue reading
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Angels on the street
From time to time they pass us by, the Angels on the street; those people who’re so special we all feel blessed to meet. They touch our lives, they touch our hearts and reach into our soul and somehow through … Continue reading
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Paths
I saw the edge – I felt its charm; I knew that it could do me harm. Then the path – flat and well paved; that place where Spirits all behaved Beckoned with its tempting call “Come back here and … Continue reading
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Traveling
Traveling to worlds so often unseen; Journeys to places no one’s ever been. A walk on the wild side every now and then is fuel for my heart, is fuel for my pen. Our Spirit’s must fly for us to … Continue reading
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On Adventures
An epic adventure of body or mind; a treasure left waiting for us to find. Any Journey we make, no matter how long starts with the rhythm of our hearts own song. So sing out your Journeys; sing loud and … Continue reading
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Happy International Women’s Day to My Mona Lisa
I saw her soul, it shone like gold; its simple beauty made me bold. I knew ’twas reaching for the stars; she was Venus and I was Mars. But reach I did and felt her heart; her Spirit – Mona … Continue reading
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Drifting Sand
Tripping blindly across the land with lives all built on drifting sand. We lived in mansions made of stick; we walked where Gaia’s love was thick. On that long path we saw so much; on heart and soul and healing … Continue reading
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Will I Ever?
Doubts and fears sweep over me; what will my worlds tomorrow be? I look back on days now past and see dark shadows I have cast. There’s storms aplenty away back, where lightning lights up my life’s track. Will I … Continue reading
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Wisdom
Believing in nothing but hearing it all; listening to silence and answering the call. Heeding the words that the Masters do utter; be they high born of from down in the gutter. The wisdom of ages once spoke by a … Continue reading
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All that talk
I know that somewhere peace awaits; it’s up past where the talk abates. The voices filling up my mind mean that truth I cannot find. To still their chatter is my goal; to find that place where I am whole.
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The Journey
At times I wish I’d made the choice, to follow my youth’s ‘Inner Voice’. To see the world; it’s loves its woes and follow where my own whim goes. Instead I married – a different path that ties one to … Continue reading
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An Epitath
Here lies The Hound, worm eaten, horey old carcass weather beaten. His timely passing won’t be noted by the bastards for whom he voted. So why in hell did he even try when he knew he surely would die? Why … Continue reading
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A Path
Sometimes in life I lose it, that path I used to know and no matter what I do in life I cannot feel the flow. Then it’s time to sit a while and simply let life be and maybe, there … Continue reading
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