One Winters Love: We met, in the midst, of seasons change Not knowing if our friendship would rearrange. Into something cherished, like freshly fallen snow. And now that it has, it’s become clear we need to commit to what we’ve found here. To make it more than a season of love, by submission to each other and God above.

 

Open Shore: I carry the heart of a lion with me when my faith comes alive in truth. I carry the match of inspiration when I can see there is something new. I carry the hope of tomorrow breaking forth with healing in its wings.  I carry the tears of many I don't even know stressed by too many things. I carry the love of a child that needs to live free of entangling weeds. I carry the spirit of an eagle as it soars knowing only at this moment can one experience the light of day on an open shore.

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Out on a Limb: Next, come on, move it along, quit loitering that way. Can I help you? I am not going to beg! Hey, you just ran that basket into my leg, but it's ok. Hi, how are you? Oh, you too! Do you promise that tomorrow won't be this way? I don't know what to say. Phone calls, intercoms, too long of a break. Let's go home and leave it all here along with the ache.

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Rainbows End: The rainbow in my soul sparkles in the light. Each color moves with harmony in a myriad of brilliance that is unto his delight. Creating a place of refuge, a hideaway in the storm meant for the weary traveler, its magic takes a new form. Lighting a path of mystery and healing all that come near. This rainbow has an impact on any who would let go of fear.

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Robins Nest: Under the protection of your love, there is a part of me that no one ever sees. A place, I can not reach on my own, that longs to be set free. An underlying mystery with the potential to unfold. A place that calls to me from deep within. While at the same time, I see it's full of passion, and that keeps me hoping for the day when all things are made new. And so all I sit here reflecting on what brought it close, this time hoping once again that it will stay insight a little longer and its treasures will be more defined.

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Runway Five: Thrown off course by a wild storm, circling but never finding the runway. Hit by crossfire and bob-wire life’s complexities rise, and rainbows disappear. With no time to get warm, one could lose out on all that matters in a flash fire. With no notice, another goes astray, until love comes to direct one's steps within. Building one's confidence in what really matters is honest communication between two friends.​

 

Sandcastles in the Tide: I see the waves crash on a rugged seashore. I hear the whistle of the wind and my heart is ready to explore. I feel the mist upon my face, as I walk the beach, and I am aware of an eagle flying and the heights it must reach. I hear nothing but the sounds of my own heartbeat. Looking for a seashell as I walk in the soft white sands, and the waves run across my feet, I look ahead to see a hidden trail that holds a key, to the mystery of life unfolding in all things wild and free.

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Seasons: As a child, in summer, we see only bright colors. Nothing seems bleak or gray. Then as a teen in autumn, we think we know it all. Only to find that as we grow older still, that the bright colors that once brought joy. Are only remembered by an act of will. Oh, to be as a child that sees the world as a playground again. Full with bright colors to share with loved ones old and new, who also need to see things as children do.

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Spring Alert: Within each of us is a garden to hold the smallest of dreams. Those special little joys and thrills; that make hard times less than what they seem. Revealed in a garden far beyond our comprehension, a place of untold wealth. To some, it may hold the magic of a rainbow, or the balance of another’s love, or simply the value of good health. To others, it may be the sight of cherry blossoms in the early spring, or maybe it is the beauty the sunset brings. For me, it holds all this and more, for it’s the quiet place where love keeps an open door. 

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