don’t count me out

don’t count me out just because you don’t see a way………i was walking with them when they crossed the Red Sea……………….. things people said couldn’t happen…………..happened to me…….. don’t count me out the trick about overcoming things of great odds………….forget having a plan…………..you go with the tide……………because you want it………….isn’t the best way to proceed…………..you…

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ember

dosed the fire with water until the area around it was muddy…………..and i watched…. from the ashes a tiny plume of smoke emerged and i investigated…………….uncovering an ember that had managed to keep it’s fire alive…… not sure why, but i was almost knocked backward……and i managed to fall into and old deck chair………. i…

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Where Poet’s Walk ….continued

poet’s always walk through puddles and long for railroad tracks……..blustery windy mornings and rain on their back, camouflaged sunsets and moons that seem to smile, poet’s love the sounds of night when nature starts to prowl…… poet’s love animals because they do not exclude people from their love………….birds in trees that speak to them as…

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the Good Father

the good Father listens to every word and then asks if the child is through…….then replies ”I heard what you said, now this is what we are going to do”……………….. i know i give God a giggle and a charge when He witnesses the antics in which i engage……when i hear Him chuckle i reply,…

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avalanche

the conditions were right on the mountain the temperatures where beginning to rise…………and i clearly heard the warnings but the mountain beckoned me to ride…………….i went to the top of the mountain, a small shovel strapped to my pack……………and as i quickly descended…………the mountain began to talk back……..soon it became louder and i knew it…

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no vaccines

no vaccines to ward off the infections of one’s heart………..try as you may to be on guard…………..the guard doses off and then they charge………….so the clamor of someone scaling the fence, stirs his senses………but it’s to late………………….invaded infected with no know antidote………….except time

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hard pills to swallow

wouldn’t be much of a life if we weren’t faced with situations that made us think twice…………………a good dilemma every once in awhile keeps life interesting, uncomfortable and real……….. all these things laid out in a row………..would get pretty boring after awhile…………..so a trial every now and then is how we learn and grow……………just hard…

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enough

sometimes we don’t get what we want………………..but we get enough………….to keep us moving forward……………………. i naturally am not inclined to parameters that suggest moderation………..eat the cake…..roll the dice………..stand on the edge…….but i have memories and vivid events that reinforce the findings , ”yo bro…..not a good way to go..” glutton for things that aren’t good…

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lust for life

this lust for life is under my skin……..goes down deep……..far within……………i am in control of what i see……..there is no end to the wonders ahead of me…….. lust for life…………….bring it on

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