A painful reflection, a broken image, flawed motivations, incomplete. Yet embraced, and redeemed through Your grace, surpassing death. Where hope was never seen, and dark …
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I looked down at my shoes, because I felt the drip of blood fall from my hammer to the leather through my socks. The knots kept tightening their grip. The cords (chords) …
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I resisted coming here, to open the harbors that guard my heart (Jeremiah 23:24). Abide with me, fast falls the even tide. This darkness deepens, Lord with me abide. And …
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Aaron held his peace, so may I (Leviticus 10:3). Please don't think that I'm overcoming great obstacles of disinclination (James 1:2). If you only knew. If I only knew li …
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Breath your love through my soul. Hear the words of my broken praise. I'm dying and You know it. I'm so far away from You, from You. Break through to me. Surely no one la …
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Speak quickly, insecure, don't let in a word. I will marvel at your understanding. I'm amazed by the depths of your reason; yet if it were for reason alone, then what's c …
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One: became the widowed son. Them, to me, "Out of sight, out of mind." Someone said that to me and I smiled. Two: Listen as he sings through you. Three: Close your eyes a …
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Oh, night set on when I fell down In the corner of the field. Cuckoo, I too sang, Spit the blood of welling thougohts. Waking with a hundred grains. Salt stains ringing ' …
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I could not look Him in the face, so I stood revarnishing the floor with my eyes. He stared into them with this love so offended and profound. He tore the center of my sh …
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In the dokkoise house With face covered, Leaving open the door. That night in muddy water The blossom unfolds as A beautiful flower. Hana no iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Tran …
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For days and weeks I made the parting call. I cupped my hands, my mouth in "O." I shouted saying, "Brothers, hold my fading arms in the air, I am weak!" They just faded t …
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I really did want to spend time with You today it was just that I had so much to d …
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We looked hard; I stood on the bottom. Calloused tiptoes, Splintering wood, Waterlogging. Break up, come back together. Genessaret. I want to skip like a stone from a str …
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Yesterday, the land went dry. I sprinkled ash of my neighbor's urn Over the yard. Sprinkled in the hope That should I cut out A pie wedge, I would find gold. Buried in th …
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I, of wicked deeds, snarling mouth, Wandered away. Wandered by. I passed your house, had seen a mountain. The riches. A metal taste in my mouth for The riches. Asked a qu …
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Through silence, When something fell, I saw a smear of red across The neighbor's leg. The land was dry as dead. He crawled with dripping heels. Trailing black bits follow …
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I lay still in the fire. Oh, the grass. Burn in bed. Blackened ash. A cold sound rustled in the trees Pulling limbs. The smoke rose. The smoke rose. It'd come to make a m …
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Someday they will build monuments for us. People like me walk out the door, We'll pull you out into the streets Of far off countries. If I'm ready to go, How could I let …
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Is this called discontent? Like the meaning behind the father's proud and angry stroll into the church with the mother straggling behind with the child, they both smiled. …
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[funeral song for the dog] Oooo …
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Heavy through my body. Pummeled but hopeful. Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things (Psalm 119:36-37). Th …
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Heavy through my body. Pummeled but hopeful. Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things (Psalm 119:36-37). Th …
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Karakasa no hone wa Bara bara Kamya yaburete mo Take ni sotaru En ja mo Mis're nasaru na Nambo watashi ga Yaburete mo Us'te shon shon Translation of Japanese: The ribs of …
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The things you laughed about. The things that made me sad. The times when you were serious. The things that made me cry. Why these things were most summed up by another's …
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It must have been lonely while You were here, completely man, yet completely apart from man. Let us speak of the things that for so many years have recessed in hollow cav …
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I awoke from a dream. I was flying home. The wind wailed on my wings, and my strength was waning. And I knew wherefrom rescue would come, but I scarcely called. Then the …
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Are you a bruised reed? A smoldering flax? Are you a broken branch? Oh, and do you love it? Do you love to forget like I do? One will sift as wheat, But one has come with …
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I could not come this time and stand on my feet. I just thought of you and sank. "I'm tough, I'm tough," I told myself... but I fell apart. Thin arms cling lightly to my …
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