Yesterdays

Yesterdays

Sorrow of yesterdays

a veil of inky fog

leaves a moist icing

upon the psyche

Until remember hope

breaks the dawn brilliantly

spills golden rays as

stone rolled away

Tomb emptied

waking up in

love's cottony embrace

redemption's power

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Joy

Rest

Rest

Rest in sun's warmth

  shines brightly through the window

  into me on a February day

Rays penetrate mind

  surfacing clutter from deep within

  tenderness evaporates cares

What picked up that isn't mine

  lay gently down in honor

  so it can return to rightful owner

Quietness loudly exposes

  more debris from the week

  unburden my soul

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Moonless Howls

Moonless Howls

Coyotes singing

  wind screaming

  moonless night

Cloudless sky

  stars so bright

  sleepy eyes

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Realignment

Barren limbs bounce

  against baby blue sky

  pink clouds at day break

January mourning

  roots run deep

  anchoring heart and soul

Remembering time of breaking

  pain splinters and shatters

  all that made human

Hollowed out to the core

  questioning if roots would hold

  deep and sturdy they grasp into earth

Hallowedness runs deep

  slowly grows again

  fractures bound tight

Own the places of choice

  what I believe about me

  how I show up

Painful place of alignment

  fragmented parts rejoined

  congruence bound together

All that’s been broken

  mended and whole

  beautifully restored

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For all those who have wrestled in and through brokenness allowing God to re-form and transform you.

Rest

Rest

As clutter pops in mind

acknowledge it

briefly explore it

note any observations

apply discernment

let it go

Re….turn

to a few minutes of rest

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Mist

Mist

Pale morning light filters through

 morass of grayish white brume

Ethereal allure of blades and limbs

  crystal icing arouses curiosity

Everywhere gaze muzziness distorts

  disorienting beauty awakens desire

Drawn further in as if parting curtains

  as fog closes in around me

Familiar seen in new light

  transformed into brilliance so pale

For a moment lost in a wonderland

  that soon melts away to Winter's rest

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Reflects

Reflects

Cold awakens

 security light's glow

  frost sparkles in purity

   brushes across earthy browns

  as if diamond flecks dust the ground

 on limbs and blades

wood and tin

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Renewal

Renewal

Crystal blue

  aquamarine sky

Peaceful mountain pool

  invites surrender of cares

Dive into Peace

  float in freedom

Life's habiliments

  beautifully removed

Refreshing water

  washes away

Gracefully purge inhibitions

  resting unmasked again

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Passages

Passages

Huddled in the corner

  Scared of the dark

Jesus walks the hallways of our life

  He's light in dark passages

He knocks on the door

  Inviting you out

Corridor before you

  No longer walk alone

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Peace Rests Within

Peace Rests Within 

-i-

Peace rests within

 mind focused on hope

 dwelling in thankfulness

 remembering the goodness of God

-ii-

Peace rests within

 chaos crashes all around

 yet doesn’t unsettle

 solid in who I am

-iii-

Peace rests within

 even when familiar thoughts bombard

 replaying moments of pain and trauma

 I will not be moved

-iv-

Peace rests within

 laughter flows freely

 joy becomes familiar

 hope for better days

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Breath

Breath

Waves erase footprints

  sand smooth brown once again

No one knows of inner shores walk alone

  solitude of dark nights of the soul

Soothing surf draws in and releases out

  each exhale pulls inner poison out

Graciously revived as inhale

  that might live again

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Choice

Choice

Awe of nature

  in watching water tumble

    mist sprays with light prism of rainbow

Words tumble out

  dripping with sweetness

    cascading upon your rawness

So to your love

  sprays over me

    enraptured once again

Today grateful for you

  remembering why

    I chose you

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Winter Solitude

Winter Solitude

Horizon shrouded with bluish gray clouds

  shadows as I walk this morning

Horse outlines appear before me

  grazing in fields now dormant

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Blows

Blows

Corn stubble dances

  twirling, skipping high and low

Brown of last season's harvest

  debris rises high

Christmas tree size tumbleweeds

  tumble across our path

Marching East 'til captured

  on bumpers and barbed wire

Fine sandy loam clouds

  darken the sky

Peppering windows relentlessly

  skin exfoliated in its barrage

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Sunrise

Sunrise

Golden light

 pierces dawn sky

Soft pink glaze

 paints the clouds

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Bites

Bites

Coldness bites

  locks its jaw

Teeth pierce sharp

  crushing bone

Wind drives deep

  under layers of clothes

An unwelcomed guest

  reluctantly leaves

Warmth returns

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Nebraska Calls

Nebraska Calls

Morning lilac skies remind me of joy

  before gray skies of December

Steal the memory of Spring

  footsteps leave frosty imprint

Chill silences song of meadowlark

  call of pheasant nested

Warmth drifts away in breeze

  bite of air redden cheeks

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Grace Cleansing

Grace Cleansing

Father's cleansing grace

Breath of wind

Blows once again

Red hot coals

Thaws cold hearts

His touch frees

To live again

To hope again

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Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

Sound of wind pushing

 trees sullenly sway

Gray skies of winter

 swirling spits of snow

Nebraska prairie brown

 tumbleweeds tumble

Stampeding above the grass

 'til gaggle gathers on fences

Darting across roads

 dodging traffic

Safely on their way

 Omaha bound

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