Season

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Life, poetry, Season, Short verse, spiritual, Writing

i water the same plant
every morning, though
its green meets me
without affection, still waiting 
for it to bloom slightly reminds me
of how i have been waiting 
for my own season to arrive

Dreamer

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Awareness, Courage, Creativity, Discernment, Dream, Dreamer, Foresight, Imagination, Innovation, Life, poetry, Short verse, The entirety, vision, Writing

the courage to dream breathes life
into what was once formless
where there was nothing
now stands everything

Perfection

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Achievement, Brilliance, Distinction, Excellence, Greatness, Life, Perfection, poetry, Sanctuary, Short verse, Success, Worship, Writing

perfection demands worship yet offers no sanctuary:
a cage of gold is still a cage 

Creativity

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Creativity, Imagination, Ingenuity, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, Originality, poetry, Short verse, vision, Writing

creativity is the art of turning blocks into doors,
walls into windows

Grief

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Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Peace, poetry, spiritual, Writing

grief became a garden of her memories 
i bloom whenever i think of her

Higher Power

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Almighty, God, Guide, Higher power, Life, poetry, prayer, Short verse, spirit, spiritual, Writing

all that is broken
knows his name
and waits to be 
mended 

Trust

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Life, poetry, Short verse, spiritual, Trust, Writing

trust is a delicate animal
feeding from an open palm
gentle until it is afraid
then it vanishes into the
woods 

Legacy

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Heritage, Identity, Legacy, Life, poetry, Short verse, spiritual, Voice, Writing

i speak
so my mother's voice 
does not fade
from the world's ear

Grief

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Bereavement, Grief, Life, Loss, poetry, Short verse, spiritual, Writing

there is grief
and then there is
the grief of watching grief
swallow someone whole 

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness, Life, poetry, Short verse, spiritual, Writing

i forgive myself
for the time
it took to see
that failure is a teacher 
and not
an anchor 
pulling me under