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Letting Go
Slip away my son, your night has come As this day unwinds the sorrow And do not fear the bells you hear They ring a bright tomorrow See the stars above, shining bright, my love It reveals a path for...
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The Sacrificial Child
Let not secrets fall outside these walls; Ignore this child’s anguished call - Don’t trouble me none, with your tellin’ tongue, May a silenced voice save us all. Oh, sweet child of mine, now is not...
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Awakening
I have lived on the cusp of knowing, and still my days are filled with incertitude, Laughter rings my home where generations have gathered, Flesh and bone betray and to this day I cannot make out the...
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The Trinity and Me
First They took my father, and then consumed my mother Without the slightest hesitance, They came and took another My sister left in tender years, They left me naught but pouring tears We’re...
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A Midnight Violation
Bathed in an ethereal light this child has no skin in the game yet her trust holds demands she cannot bear. The creak of her bedroom door snatches the sleep from her eyes and in the darkness, horror...
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My Turn From Heaven
My ashes are to dust betrothed, my bones ‘neath lily and the rose. My soul, which hath no penitence, shall ne’er see heaven’s countenance! While God doth cry on bended knee, “Who brought this vile...
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Letting Go
Slip away my son, your night has come As this day unwinds the sorrow And do not fear the bells you hear They ring a bright tomorrow See the stars above, shining bright, my love It reveals a path for...
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Father’s Day
He pillaged the title the day I was born and like most thieves, he took for granted that which he stole. Being a “father” meant no more to him than taking the trash out the only difference being, he...
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We Write What We Know
I had lived one life with my face turned from the sun, breathing icy winds and my father’s sin. He is gone now but his fingerprints remain a stain upon my broken bones. My sister traded his midnight...
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