Prelude to a Starry Sky

Prelude to a starry sky
Filled with a warm embracing light
Lifting all up so high
Into the night

Every glittering twinkling dot
Gives a sweet smile as it sings
Holding back the entropic rot
That death brings

While the Moon sits as queen
And, as king, the Sun rises alert
The heavens governing everything
Made of dirt



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Mystery

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Reach the Moon

Strive, my child, to reach the moon
Leaping by the cry of the loon
Fly by and above the cacophonous gloom
And see the lunar lilies bloom


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Riddle down the Rabbit Hole

If I had another soul that would lift me off the ground
Take me on the road with a toe both filled and found
Heel to heel with living as the pavement I do pound
My lace in ribbon tied happily round and round

Why, my purpose would be fitting, my life's acheivement crowned

What am I?

The answer at wiktionary

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Brown-eyed

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On the Road I Saw a Friend

On the road I saw a friend
(And he was a walkin')
He beckoned me with a grin
(And we started talkin')
I noticed he was much more thin
He said it was a trend

We happened quick upon a corner
(As we were a walkin')
He took the left, I took the right
(As we finished talkin')
My steps had filled with vim and light
As if I were an Irish mourner



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Blind

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Healing

Beaten and kicked for speaking
The mind of the fallen and still
Desperately pleading until
The Master asks for a meeting

Though I have been thoroughly
Harmed into such a disabled
State I still with hope cradled
A longing to be healed fully

I beg without deserving any
Mercy yet repeatedly on
My knees I gave cries "Son
Of David! have pity" so many

I ask that I might see the grin
And visage of our king
Jesus, then He did bring
Sight and forgave my sin




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Tiger

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Autumnal Haiku

Nutmeg and honey

Toasting with apples ripened

I've 'fall'en hungry

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Invisible Battles

Fierce is the wind that covets my hat
Yet steady my hand in preventing that
Quiet this battle as it is fought
Ignored by the rabble in the parking lot
(Though I see allies also accosted)
I enter the building with my hand frosted
Numbed by the terrors of invisible swords
Flung by warriors of the icy lords
Yet my hat and my hand have truly survived
As I to work have timely arrived





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Candlelight

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Bounded Onto the Road

Bounded onto the road, I step, I step
Breathing dust I wept
Under fiery sun, to the east I go, I go
Steps unsteady to and fro

With wooden beams I bear, I bear
To the Roman fair
Sand is dyed red, I bleed, I bled
Where I'll be dead



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Hungry?

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Every Debt

Every debt I have incurred
Every virtue I demurred
Every selfish choice and plot
All these have been bought
In rains of grace and blood
You took back this wretch of mud
And forgave this sorry ass
Fed me through each holy mass
I am yours and yours alone
Every breath and every bone



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Raven

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A Point of Light in the Sky

A point of light in the sky
Leads me as a lullaby
Up my gaze to heaven's sward
Where my ship is moored



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Open Heart

In the dark void of our minds
Lies a fear that harms and binds
But a lover surely finds
How to open up the heart

When we're our own core the devil grins
For the foolish clown wins our sins
When our sense of other slowly thins
And we close off our heart

So let us open eyes and hear
Of every friend and every peer
Who makes music on this lowly sphere
Where beats our heart



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In the Garden

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Strive

May I strive, O let me strive
Under star song, under grace
As long as I am alive
May I strive to see your face

Before raving, let me be slaving
For the kingdom, my Lord, your Grace
Full of gratitude for my saving
I'll be behaving in this place

Let me not snipe with any gripe
Against any image of your face
In my heart let me hold no tripe
Of evil type in this race

May I strive, O let me strive
With the angels, with glory's trace
Fill me with the zeal and drive
May I strive to see your face



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Sell All You Have

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What Was Once Could Be

A subtlety hangs in the soul
Of what was once could be
A perfection that would make it whole
On all lands and seas

To this delightful integrity
Lies a blood-soaked road
Crossed by crosses to the city
That the Lord has hallowed

Mother, may I walk this path
Plead to your Son for us
Let meekness o'ercome our wrath
And chastity our lust

Ne'ermore a stranger in a shell
Rotting to time and sin
But in harmony as clear as bells
Light purifying within



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Junk Food

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Harvest Haiku

Harvest graceful gifts
Fills both stomach and spirit
Sweet colorful smell


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Steady My Soul

Even in the darkness, a warmth reassures my soul
That keeping on the journey will restore me whole
Even though I've fallen, lost my tears from ballin'
(Or was it from the pollen?) I've settled on the role
Though crosses weigh me down I've settled on the role
Of steadying my soul





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Cowboy

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Milk and Honey

Milk and honey, fed to children
Who cannot chew, who must be fed
Who forsake a love of money, who must be rocked to go to bed

Blood and body fed to children
Who chew and drink, who have their fill
And praise the Lord with everybody, with all their strength and all their will



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Book Bag

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You Have Blessed

You have blessed me with a name
You have blessed me so you could call me
You have called me so I came
You have called my blessed name

You have blessed me with your likeness
You have blessed me as your family
And graced me with a liveliness
That brings glory to your likeness


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Cup of Joe

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Scary Haiku

Gnarled hands branch down
Nightmares grasp my head and heave
Running in the dark




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