Walking the Shining Path

We all desire a better tomorrow. A World made better, more peaceful and tranquil, with which to raise our children and live our lives. If you want to make a real difference in this world we all share, there are steps to learn to take. First, learn to be optimistic. Don’t allow yourself to be [...]

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It Must Be True

So many, so often… It flashes across the television The criers acclaim it as they sell their papers on the streets The masses demand justice in retribution for it So it must be true… I hear it whispered in the dark Rumors flying like the wind bear testimony Our leaders stand witness to the travesty [...]

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The Lost One and The Road Back

I am lost, and I have to find my way back I have journeyed into a darkness of my own making A darkness that I sorely needed Needed to escape from another darkness too impenetrable to bear An ending so heartbreaking and soul rendering that I could not abide So I ran. I had to [...]

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The Plea

Oh great mystery, Whose voice I hear on the winds Winds the life giving breath of all I beg you listen to my plea I am but one of your many children So weak, ignorant, and small I need your wisdom and strength I ask for your help to walk in peace and beauty To [...]

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The Longing

Two souls forming together what alone, would be outside any imagination, Intimate, entwined sharing of spirit and source, The rapturous unbridled joy of just being, Together yet apart, unfulfilled, incomplete, and yet, To reach that somehow seemingly unreachable union, Remains outside our grasp. Oh, for changes in the past. Of dreams of “things different” and [...]

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These Words

I wrote these words to share the feelings of my heart, To share this man’s truth, the truth the universe has revealed I painted my feelings on the canvas of this paper Used the hand that has longed to touch you Touch you and reach into your soul to gently caress your tattered heart I [...]

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Take The Step

You’ve found truth, made decision Lingering years of quest resolved Answer found, the path before you Yet here you be, stagnant now Why this indecision This reluctant fear to go The time is ripe, the road is clear The reason you must know I see it in your eyes now This darkness from your past [...]

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Taken on a Journey

I was taken on a journey new By a friend who reached out her hand Guiding me though places We shared once so long past The wonder of these memories Now seen through another’s eyes Refilled my heart, with hope and joy Refreshed my will to live Magical moments, times ere forgotten Though precious, and [...]

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The Old Tracks

As I walked it in my youth, that rocky old road They were already gone then, run down, desolate They had always been, abandoned for years Overgrown with sumac and ivy, All metal pulled out for scrap, The wooden ties long gone for other things. Yet I still shook with the thunder of their passing [...]

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My Shadow

Passing through years of time, making me who I am now Each wrinkle and scar a testimony of life well lived Time wroth furrows mapping each bend in the path Life’s blood runs now slow in these old veins Once golden hair now awash in the white of snow Yet I still hold to life [...]

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