Off Ramp …..

Yeah I hear you I hear you in my sleep I have listened to you patiently hadn’t said a peep – you ask me what I thought you should do I suggested you take the “ off ramp” and pray to see what changes you need to make you looked…

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My sister did…for Renae….Sampur. Milwaukee

God put His hand on me told me to be still “ l will work this issue out.. you can’t but your sister will” I didn’t understand it…. But I exercised my faith and sure enough the thing I couldn’t do….. my sister did so it never ceases to amaze…

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That little lie…..

Not for a minute am I pointing my finger at you Because that finger is directed at me maybe by sharing what has happened to me you might think differently and consider changing your ways so that little lie didn’t hurt anyone and no one will ever know but that…

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If it never comes……

That thing you want most in life….. that’s always on your mind can you still find happiness….. if it never comes if that want seems like it will never appear are you going to live a life that is shallow and insincere Will your days be colored with contempt for…

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Navigator

I began this expedition supposedly fully equipped fortunately my sextant broke an I was sure I could rely on myself So I set the sails on a course that would have me safely arrive…. At happiness and fulfillment a destination I have long desired However it didn’t take but a…

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Maybe…..God….. for Susan A……LA

Maybe..      God maybe God can see I’m not that man that I used to be that I no longer look at women as objects to please me maybe … God has decided to give me one more chance to let Him decide the right person…. For this last…

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Bird watcher….Jacquelyn pf….Waukesha…Wi.

I have become a bird watcher particularly of the rarer breeds I am amazed of the paths God has me take to birds I need to see when I meet someone whose outside is beautiful it is a pleasant experience for me but when I engage with a bird that…

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Plan Ahead

It’s going to happen…. You’re going to fall put your knee pads on…(faith) and watch where you go but try as you will it happens to us all brush yourself off and get back up and go sometimes we just need to get closer to the ground remember what we…

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One Fan…..

I use to have aspirations of becoming a stsr where people would clammer to hear my songs and pay fortunes for my art But every star I read about seems restless and discontent seeking affirmation from people they have never met me..   I’ve met my Father and His Son…

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God’s Mercy…..

You would be wrong if you think God’s Mercy is always soft and warm and makes us think it’s Christmas 🎄 Sometimes I cannot see He walks with me and still find myself stumbling I profess to have a faith but when it’s tested it seems fleeting God seems cruel…

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The art of intimacy……

If your mindset is such that you perceive intimacy as  acts that occur in the bedroom you are missing most of the opportunities to show and engage in it… intimacy is the expression of affection for someone I love to make love…. But if you aren’t good at being affectionate…

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Love a good cop…. For Anna Oz…..Milwaukee

People don’t do these jobs because they don’t care They just try to keep things in order and help when they can Attitude is everything and something’s can’t be taught….. you either have a good one….. or you don’t so I was blessed with crossing paths with just such one…

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M0…….you know

I call you Mo in my head and that’s the way I show you mean the world to me and I’m grateful that you know few words have been exchanged but our looks say it all I know you love me and I love you and that will never change…

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Gods Splinters…….

The truth has a way of going where it knows the sting of it ….a splinter……. Will lodge where no other can go it will remain until we acknowledge it and accept the pain it brings and it will remain …. Until we change our ways it’s presence will remain…

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No small acts of kindness….for the 7/11 maidens of mercy

Oh my card didn’t go through so we took the opportunity to have a little fun although our interaction didn’t last long an just for a few moments I saw your light and you saw mine and we enjoyed each other’s company and your life changed a little and so…

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Keep it to yourself…

My opinion doesn’t matter…..grateful news to me I thought people were listening…. Please accept my apology but in reality we all do what we want to and deal with the consequences when they get out of hand we clean up the mess the best we can start all over again…

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Things we don’t understand…..

Baffled by life sometimes by things I don’t understand  But I waste little time pondering them… I rarely uncover what they mean Occasionally they are offered to me in the strangest ways sometimes in other peoples eyes and sometimes in a breeze the explanations aren’t expressed in words or in…

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Camels…. For bill and Dan… Pittsburgh

I make new friends wherever I am…..because we recognize our disease that brought each of us to our knees together we help each other stand and now we live in the “promise land” funny how something that almost took our lives….ended up being worth the heavy price we paid …because…

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Please save me from myself……

I profess to have a faith…..and I actually do…..but often I am remiss in waiting to see what God will do I know He has a plan for me……sometimes it’s hard to see and I try to help Him out and the results are misery l suppose it’s a human…

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Otooles

There is a place that I still go after all these years where entering in I feel at home with people I don’t know doing the best they can in times of uncertainty for life has its ups and downs……we come to share our woes and our victories the staff…

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Word gets around….

I know you thought you had mastered the game but I have some bad news for you though you are good at covering your tracks word still gets around no one stays in one place so eventually someone saw your face and sounded the alarm and I’m left holding flowers…

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Carrier of smiles ………for dmv Jenna

So it was your beautiful tattoo that initially attracted me to you… then you turned and I saw your face it was like a warm embrace I saw you ring and I don’t barge into yards that have fences but we had a conversation and an older woman jumped in..an…

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Yakking……

It is a comical fact that all of us….all spend most of our lives talking about things we know nothing about…… yak yak yak 🦍

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Ferris Wheel 🎡 aka Life

Of course your parents take your hand 🤚 and you shake because you don’t understand why you have to go…….it’s so tall and you’re so small and it goes round and round As you go and as you grow you visit those times again….. they didn’t know the were giving…

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Just around the corner……

The evil in me keeps looking for the key to unlock 🔓 my issues on the world but I keep it hid in the pocket of a kid I somehow remember from before you used to think he was bad because he kicked the golden egg 🥚 but all he…

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Put the magnifying glass……away

As I dissect your life ……….my life looks pretty good but when the focus is on me its quickly understood that I would rather tear you down and build myself up…..by pretending that your shortcomings are not in my neighborhood when I take the magnifying glass off of you an…

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Monroe Park Revisited…….

It’s been 50 years since I sat in Monroe Park Richmond, Va. – Interesting how places……people and things that were previously prominent in one’s life slip away the memories remain but their importance changes and are replaced with new places…..people and things that have wrestled your attention away  No….. I…

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It’s just like that…..

So a couple of days had me a wee bit frayed let’s just say things weren’t going my way so I flopped around like a fish out of water and realized I better take advantage of the next wave to get back in the water so it was just like…

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Anchor ⚓️

Everyone needs something to hold on to when the waves of life are pushing you to the rocks the water is deeper than you thought and the current is difficult to swim against the shore is getting farther and farther away you pull out all the stops – I cry…

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Still a whore at heart…..4,chona

I see you have a new name and a new man to fill your slot but he’s insane because you’re still a whore at heart i understand he’s wealthy… but not for very long you’ll go through that money while you he’s traveling abroad and when he comes back that…

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