get on the magic carpet

funny how things we read as children seem so outlandish and obscure and later as adults we find they really weren’t absurd and lo and behold i found it, my magic carpet and it was waiting for me to board, i just wasn’t ready to believe life could be this…

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kelsey and hammer

this is going to be a short story about an endless adventure i am a school teacher and my name is Kelsey i’ll get this out-of-the-way up front, i am an amputee the result of a skiing accident………………..and that is all you need to know about that i have had…

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trust

i would like to say i take everything you speak and never question it’s validity but the human i am questions almost everything, except one God is real and He has played a major part in my destruction and my construction when i say destruction He was willing to let…

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evaluation

ECC. C 10  V 12 “THE WORDS OF A WISE MAN ARE GRACIOUS BUT THE LIPS OF MA FOOL WILL SWALLOW HIM” this gift of speech can lift and teach and comfort those in need or these words can harm and disturb and stir of feelings of despair so this…

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wisdom is better than weapons Eccs. C9 V18

as you stop to reload, i ask if the load you’re trying to carry is too much compassion is such a thing it can disarm the strongest man, and you stop and the weight shuts you done inside we sit and talk, and you share with me your walk, how…

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freedom

there are two kinds  of freedom freedom of our physical, and freedom of our mind ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. talking to an inmate i visit, he tells me he has adapted to his physical constraints but he has had to work hard to maintain the freedom of his mind do this experiment: think…

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God Save from the Queen, for C.O./w Love

God save us from the Queen, the grand-kids jump on the bed and scream, as she is trying to fold clothes the dishwasher overflowed, think a little one opened the door and we are racing through the house to gather towels everyone is in time-out and her teeth are clasped…

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bittersweet

even a good life is bittersweet………………………ttucro so the goal is to live a long and productive life the wanting has long since passed and one is happy to be alive and has no issues with the past but some are leaving……………………dying to this plane and you are still here so…

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time is talking

they say time will tell, well she’s talking so i thought i would sit a spell and let her have her say said i had some things i need to work on, but she was glad to see a change from always thinking someone is out to get me, to…

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limited supply / for Bill K.

when someone is kind enough to offer you their time be very appreciative because they only have a limited supply the fact they think you are worthy of this rare commodity speaks loud and clear that they think you are a person who will treasure what they share a sounding…

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just the way it is

just about when i feel spiritually fit i can count on it coming, something that could cause me to trip i try to watch out for it and sometimes i succeed and sometimes i end up with bruised and bloody knees that is just the nature of life, we are…

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right place, right time……………almost right size

finally feels like i’m in the right place and it’s taken a long time but it feels good not to be fretting about what tomorrow will bring or whats been left behind so i will just be grateful that it worked out better than i could have planned and try…

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common ground

a picture in my mind of what i hope to be the kind of person people respect by act, word and deed helps me to project my intentions to succeed in the very short walk of life and keeps me somewhat focused on what i know to be right the…

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no wasted time

collecting samples as i go to keep a record of where i have been so if i need to go back i know where to begin i can now see how everything has worked to turn the wheel of time landing me at this place in my life and i…

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it could be me

one of my dogs is dying, slowly slipping away and sometimes it aggrevates me that ishould have to clean up her pee but when i stop complaining a thought comes back to me ” you are privileged to help something else, the pee isn’t coming from thee” she has been…

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lets talk the walk

i met these guys along this road who were looking for things just like me to feel comfortable in my skin and not afraid for others to see the real me to get honest with myself and realize there is much that needs to be done and recognizing we can…

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a little peace

a little peace is greater than all the riches of the world it cannot be bought nor taken has it’s ownership bestowed for oh so many seek it but one thing they must know a distraught entangled spirit cannot reap this hallowed soil no, it is yet a combination of…

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it’s like that

the God in me recognizes the God in you it’s like that…………………….and it is feels pretty cool it’s not necessary to vocalize it, it is acknowledged by the soul a look into your face confirms what i have been told the power is like a current, a steady stream of light,…

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amused

i hope you are amused with these simple lines i choose i have neither the skill nor aptitude to duplicate what you do your palette is endless and mine is confined by my mind you have no beginning nor end and i am restricted by time but i can appreciate…

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don’t need it anymore

that anger that i kept for you slowly slipped away i stopped feeding it so it didn’t want to stay it just didn’t work for me and was always in the way that anger that i kept for you slowly slipped away   first i suppose the blame had to…

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close enough for me

i got close enough to the volcano that roared inside of me, to see it rained down havoc on everyone i would meet as the lava came flowing, in their eyes i could see what their lips wanted to say ”please go away from me” you bring something everywhere you…

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i know u

i don’t know about you, or have heard about you i know you i know your short comings and your long-comings i know you i know your big head and your twinkling eyes, your turn on a dime spirit i know you i was with you when you lost people,…

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goodbye spiderman

ecclesiastes  1v18   in much wisdom is much sorrow, he that increases wisdom increaseth sorrow there is a price for everything………………………good to know, better to accept spiderman had long since stopped trying to venture into every crevice that interests him, but that interest was there for a long time those secrets…

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it’s not just a flower…………….for C

it’s not just a flower it’s part of me to you a bit of Gods’ universe, beyond words or muse a simple thing in its majesty, just to let you know i care may you look at it from time to time as it gives its life to you and…

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i’ll help you if i can

i’ll help if i can tell me where you stand what has you condemned, that’s where we will begin the answers may come as you share your concerns and even if they don’t maybe a bit of tension will escape we are here to let God come between and give…

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it’s not his fault…………………….for my superhero, Grambo

not many times we can honestly say, it’s not his fault and mean what we say but there is a little man fighting for his life and it’s not his fault it’s not his fault, his mother’s fault, his dad’s fault or anybody’s fault……………………it was God it was God who…

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she was a great woman, who drank herself to death

i know some will smirk and some will sweat, the fact remains: she was a great woman who drank herself to death now many would prefer that the latter be left out, but perhaps her greatest gift may yet to be dealt for all the good and service that she…

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hope you get it

not trying to write something mysterious, i want you to get it like when a ball hits the catchers mitt dead center, it’s in there a putt in the cup, that sound when it drops, i want you to hear that when you read me metaphors and adjectives have their…

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forgiveness

the word ”like” is not a necessary component of acceptance you needn’t like the reality of a situation to accept it……..and you are damned if you don’t i am not a stellar example of forgiveness and i admit it my infractions aren’t nearly as bad as yours…………………….right i know it’s…

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the better half

part of me wants to see you bleed hang your ass up in a tree throw all the shit back that you throw at me yep that what’s inside part of me part of me thinks you’re a brat trying to get back at the people who gave you crap…

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