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The simple things

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Archives from August 2016 - Finding beauty in the simple things.    Nature Haikus Golden sunrise of spring Melting the earth’s harshness. Along with it, my heart.     House on the prairie  Forged in stature & glory.  Rooftop for a crown.      Raindrops soft my vision,  Yet in them I see clearly.  What a mystery!  ______________________________________ The feathers of koi Ebb to the ripples & flow. Light flits about the surface,  Resembling lapis lazuli  Flickered with specks of gold.  I could gaze into the pools & be lulled, like how how a nocturne Caresses an infant to sleep.  I could draw swirls & loops  Till the fishes laid down & The waters lapped me up.  By then, I too,  Would have drifted into  An eternal peace; A pasture of blue— Shalom. _____________________________________ Hi little flower, I want to know your name.  I know I usually overlook you,  B...

Of galaxies & gore

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Archives from July 2016 I found some old poems written when I was 17…. I always had quite the fascination with the macabre.  Of galaxies…. You leave traces of yourself  As you drift across this galaxy:  Gentle footprints in clay, Gold dust in the wind.  You swallowed whole the Big Black Hole,  While taking a dip in the Milky Way.  I hope you know you’re special - Extraordinarily so. ______________________________________ In an hourglass of flaxen dust, In nebulas of cerulean blue, Eternity lies forever, Forever always True. Where ancient stars explode, & seed the sky with life, Eternity enters into epilogue, Forever Never die.  When the Canis Major heralds winter,  & hums a minor anthem, Binary stars waltz in an interwoven rhythm, Forever & ever In love. (Can I be the pup to your Sirius?) ______________________________________ … & of gore I’d rather not be loved, Not at all If loving me is hard.  I’d rather you slap me  O...