Archive for April 2020
lost manuscript/the dead sea scrolls/force majeure
while i was taking a leave from work i decided it would be a good time to clean out my old files….. while combing through them i came across the original script in it’s unaltered form……. i realized i had begin to depart from it around the age fifteen it wasn’t long before i was…
Read Moreoh really…..compared to what………….
sometimes you use advice long after it is given…….and you tend to keep it if it is good, even if you don’t realize at the time…………… for instance…………….stay in your lane.… my journey is my journey………..and your journey is your journey……………..i can admire, inquire and enjoy your travels.. but they are yours…..not mine when i…
Read Morefiltered or raw
the question will always persist…………….open the flood gates or resist……………..for you know some will be drowned if you let it all come down………….ttucro then the question will arise what is lost when we divide the torrent from the flow………..sometimes i filter and sometimes i let go…………….. not surprised at the aftermath………..a flood leaves a path…..things…
Read Morewasn’t mine to take/stolen beauty
the warm spring sun had ushered the blooms from their stems…………so i have thought to gather some to adorn a table within…………was about to sever some of the beautiful limbs when a twinge inside spoke to me………………” i would prefer you not to touch them, they aren’t yours to retrieve”…… i questioned that warning as…
Read Morethe Pilate in my head/ kudos to carlotz
the Pilate in my head……condemns me everyday………..i try to follow the rules he makes…… but they change like the wind……..just when i feel i am getting settled and both feet are on the ground………he sends his guards and i am arrested, convicted…………..placed in shackles and back in prison again….. there are rumors that he met…
Read MoreEaster bunny/4 carlotz
the Easter bunny borrowed your cross and showed it to many hearts……..and some came to believe………. but all were able to see that something strange was up and left them with a lump…….that seemed to appear…. in their throats when someone who believed was near……………………… once you know…..try as you may, to resist…………..you know the…
Read Morethe frail soldier /for Gill
the frail soldier takes his place…………..guiding others to the heavenly gates…………….his wounds from this world have taken their toll…………………but he continues to serve as an example to us all…………………………………………….. the nights are long at his post………..and the Savior watches with Him to chase away the ghosts of past events that try to coax………him away…… to…
Read Morethe most precious thing
i ask of you and you ask of me…………………might help if we examine that request……………….i have no control of the amount or quantity………………but have control of the quality, so i suggest that we are aware of what we say and what we share because i would hate as i gasp for my last breathe that…
Read Moreto contemplate a turtle/for ”tut”
on a walk through the woods i happened to see a turtle walking the path with me…………and as i came up to his side…….he looked up to me and sighed…………… ”i suppose we shall never trade the circumstance in which we were made……………but me thinks it would be quite the novelty to see how each…
Read More”i wasn’t doing it for me”
i recently read how a sculptor worked for years, producing thousands of pieces……….worked in obscurity for 50 years before gaining recognition for his work………….becoming famous, a celebrity….and wealthy, almost overnight…… he confessed the attention didn’t bring the satisfaction he thought it would, he set up a foundation to support artists in the area with some…
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