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Tethered, Yet Drifting
I have no words yet I picked up my pen.The symphony you composed for me tonight Brings me back down to earth.You tether me here when thoughts,Intermixed with the pain from memories too raw to repeat,Send my heart and mind scattered on the tailwind of the thought“Will there ever be a normal again?”Banged up and…
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“He Ties Butterflies to My Fingers”
I was a Junior in college the first time I was ever exposed to spoken word poetry. My roommate at the time knew I loved poetry and came home insisting I watch Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani videos. Sarah, I am forever indebted to that night (and all those other times I made you sit…
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I Lost Poetry
Sometimes the pain of losing someone is not something I can ever relay in poetry, in paintings, media, song, or even in prayer, although I try. “Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too…
Ruah Poetry 