Light / Dark

Behind the light

Is the dark

But without the dark

How can there be light 

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Kudzu

Like kudzu creeps along the ground

Engulfing walls

And rails

And trees

Covering all of the world it encounters

The dark thoughts

Did not encroach upon him so much 

But consumed him

Surrounded him

Choked out room for other life 

And his world

Was overrun 

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Darkness falls

When darkness falls upon him

And hatred consumes his mind

He reflects not on what he has

But on what he has not

What he has lost

And what no longer is

And consoling him is not possible

Neither from without or within

The light is driven away 

What remains is nothing 

And nothing is what he feels 

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Storm, a prayer

Lord

Help me to weather this storm

That I have created for myself

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More scars

Scars remind us that no one is perfect

We have all suffered in different ways 

And life goes on

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Lights

And the lights dimmed

As he lay in bed

Remembering what had been promised

And what had been said

He rolled to his side

Let out a deep sigh

As his eyes took in the darkness

He thought he should cry

For loneliness felt

Like a vise on his heart

Which squeezed the life out of his dreams 

He watched fall apart

Like dead dying flesh

Falling from bone

Left damp and decayed in the dirt 

'till leaves have been blown

He rolled back 

Faced the clock

Murmured some hopeless prayer

And closed his eyes to the darkness

And the night swallowed him

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A gathering of angels

A gathering of angels

Each morning she slept

In awe of her beauty

From which they were kept

A gathering of angels

Stood 'round while she cried

To take 'way her pain 

They all would have died 

A gathering of angels

Prayed lift her from bed

Invisibly dressing 

With crown on her head

A gathering of angels

Held steady her hand

Walked 'cross the town square

All at her command

A gathering of angels 

Followed everywhere

Always by her side 

Though she'd not sense them near 

A gathering of angels

Both laughter and tears

Had followed her 'round

For all of her years

They wept when she wept

Laughed when she did 

Showered light on her smile

And frowned when it hid

This gathering of angels

Didn't catch her from fall

But cleaned her wounds

And kiss'ed them all

This gathering of angels

Would always be near

For God had ordained it

For her, the Lord cared 

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