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Her Battle
Life has its way of blackening eyes. Courage paints beauty where hardship resides; Deep within tissues most damaged by pain, Faith breeds the strength that will rise up again. This lily variety is...
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The Product
Tears incubate life – Once released from oyster shells, Pain produces pearls Filed under: A Wounded Heart, Beauty, Choices, Christianity, Courage, Fear, Freedom, Haiku, Healing, Hope, Nature,...
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Wrinkles
Her heart of hearts records the pain, Places where deep scars remain; Damaged tissues bear the strain, Warped and twisted soul. Kissed by Light, and coaxed by rain, Wounded places bloom again, Every...
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Of Words and Water
Freedom forms feathers – Rows and rows standing at attention, Roman Legionnaires linked with their brothers, Trained to repel any onslaught; For, Knowing my true worth, Your words Drip, Bead, Drop,...
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The Beauty in the Mess
Within each crease, beneath each scar, and etched in every vein Her petals form a tale alive with hope carved out of pain; Though deeply marred, disfigured, torn, her beauty proves to me The choice to...
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Seen and Heard
I see you, girl with the anxious eyes. I notice all your secret sighs; You cannot hide yourself; I see The pain you hide from all but Me. I hear you, girl with the silent words. You think your prayers...
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A Leaf to Turn
Life has hurt you; I can see The scars from where you’ve burned – If you’ll let go, that frailty Could be a leaf to turn. For something new to grow again Where only wounds have bloomed, The old must...
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I, Rapunzel
I, Rapunzel, clutched the tighter to my golden mane; You, the wooer, prince and fighter, struggled to unchain All those strands that held me captive to the distant past; Strangled hopes and maladaptive...
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He pours his voice like taffy. Creamy folds undulate, smooth to silk in her hungry ears. But when he pulls his words, stretches the truth out of shape she, generously buttered, finds there is nothing...
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Just as frost makes pearls from pain and covers plain with glory, So your faith can glean the grain within your painful story; When you feel the pinch of frost, the sting of cold rejection, Know one...
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Embryo in frozen state, life that lies in whispered hush; Seeds have time to contemplate prospective perks of being crushed. Future fruit that owes its taste to winter’s harshest, toughest blow, Shows...
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You hate the cracks, the places where the pain has split you through; You don the mask, and paint the scars, and smile when spoken to – And yet, the Dark that pinned you down, that swore you’d never...
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The trials which have smothered you and frozen all your dreams (Those icy fingers down your spine unraveled all your seams) Are burdens which you never sought; indeed, you begged them gone, And yet,...
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