Sometimes One Loses to Win

We suffer a lossā€¦ā€¦. Make an attempt to access the cost ā€¦ā€¦..and try to figure out how we will payā€¦. Either our math isnā€™t right or we have lost sight of what our loss was really worthā€¦ā€¦. We brood and accept defeatā€¦ā€¦By surrendering to our partā€¦ā€¦. We miraculously are given a chance for a new…

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My Sisterā€¦ā€¦ā€¦.4 Court

My sister cares for me though we have different Mothersā€¦ā€¦.she likes the fact Iā€™m a little whacked thatā€™s why she can relate to me sheā€™s matter of fact no doubt about that and she always shoots straight with meā€¦ā€¦ I never wonder whereā€™s sheā€™s coming fromā€¦.. pretty plain to see we have a special love…

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The Poet diedā€¦ā€¦..

The Poet died when what you didā€¦ā€¦.. didnā€™t match what you saidā€¦.. the poet died when he realized you didnā€™t know him and he left the door unlocked and openā€¦ā€¦ the poet died when he adored you and gave you his heart and you either forgot itā€™s value or never assigned any value to it…

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Shadows walkā€¦ā€¦

Donā€™t kid yourselfā€¦ā€¦.. you are never aloneā€¦ there are shadows and they are hard to see in the daylight and a little easier at nightā€¦ā€¦ shadows walk ā€¦. They bendā€¦ā€¦ they laugh and the cryā€¦ā€¦.donā€™t believe it? that funny feeling you get sometimes that someone is walking beside you or in front of youā€¦ā€¦ because…

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Sufficient for meā€¦ā€¦

I heard your sobs and I saw your tears and the moans that originated from somewhere elseā€¦.I suppose I will never know your pain of signing your children awayā€¦ā€¦. But your pain was sufficient for meā€¦.. You canā€™t imagine that it was the best thing to do, Iā€™m not a mother so I donā€™t know…

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Leafā€¦ā€¦the ballerina

Stopped at a street light ā€¦ā€¦.. the wind lifted you from the roadā€¦ā€¦and you skipped along and pirouetted and twirledā€¦.. and I watched a natural ballet unfold. Other leaves surrounded you, Ā circled and strode, but you were the lead and it quickly showedā€¦. I watched as the troupe was driven from the stage.. And you…

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Turtleā€¦ā€¦ā€¦home is in your heart

Wellā€¦ā€¦ let me seeā€¦ I suppose a Turtle is a way to describe meā€¦ā€¦. For I carry my home everywhere I goā€¦ā€¦. My home my heartā€¦ā€¦ filled with an abundance of gratefulness for the gift of life and all the wonderful things that come with itā€¦. Itā€™s a sad day that the Turtle can find…

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Heā€™ll make roomā€¦ā€¦

Heā€™ll make room if you want to goā€¦ā€¦.. say a few words and mean itā€¦ā€¦.youā€™re on your way some folks donā€™t believe it and turn awayā€¦..but Iā€™ve been to hell and thereā€™s got to be a better way so I read this old book that is always new to me and life continues to unfold…

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The Knowingā€¦ā€¦

When I was young I was often stopped in my tracks and encouraged to reflect on the things that I passed that reflection raised questions in my mind and now that Iā€™m older my heart drives me to findā€¦ā€¦those answers why do people think as they do? Why do we say things when we know…

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Everyone doesnā€™t go to my schoolā€¦ā€¦

My school is the world around meā€¦ā€¦.. the streetsā€¦ā€¦ the neighborhoodsā€¦.. the parksā€¦ā€¦the people that I cross paths with. I take it in and chew on itā€¦. describe itā€¦ā€¦feel it and pay attention to how the contact influences and affects me. Iā€™m in it not around itā€¦ā€¦ā€¦.could never imagine testing the temperature of the poolā€¦.…

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