The Pilgrim’s Preservation

His soul borne down by sorrow’s load The pilgrim treads life’s weary road, Assailed by doubts and fears. But when sin thrusts him side to side, And tempts his heart with lofty pride, He calls on one who hears – His King, the Rock on …

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Seagulls

Little girl down at the beach,She loves to watch the seagullsBecause their flight of white on blueMakes her think of parents, who are gone but free,Lifted away from beaches of broken trust and sad sand.She sends her spirit up with them,Cares made light by salty …

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A Walking Friend

The old man in the fraying, faded coat stumped down the old, forgotten, beaten path, his feet like leaves, shuffling in the wind slowly sliding through seasons come and gone, sliding through time and change now become one with a whisper, the sigh that filled …

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Lion

Do not believe his listless, lidded gaze, Do not believe his yawning, sleepy frown; For there lies down a ruler at his ease, His tangled mane a shaggy, knotted crown. The grasses sway, slim courtiers at his throne, The sun bedrapes its cloak of golden …

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They Called Her The Abbess (Poem)

They called her the Abbess And looking back, I can see why – she wore emptiness inside her eyes. See, every night I would sit up in my tree and watch her working in the abbey garden for hours on end, sweating as she chopped …

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