tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24908529476501403842024-03-19T01:48:35.772-07:00Midlife PoetI'm a poet, a dreamer, an old soul floating through this life, trying not to touch down...Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.comBlogger577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-48087792161194198322023-07-22T13:00:00.000-07:002023-07-22T13:00:10.990-07:00The Wild Ride<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8EsxyuP_5x8ab5Y9v8bfitc8GS0bxgeoW6a1CIFrCswA9n4BJ5imgpLCYqc2NEO1vNPmj4VLvsJIBYysVJ2gxprOn5bLLusEGj_Gl4BwXFiZg_kdqb1AzkzTx9r155kkrL7rAXpUAhkX_TeJpHuoD-6BcOoRcxrrWC1vjrGIyV-KNqNimjAY9SjC7CU/s4032/IMG_7699.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8EsxyuP_5x8ab5Y9v8bfitc8GS0bxgeoW6a1CIFrCswA9n4BJ5imgpLCYqc2NEO1vNPmj4VLvsJIBYysVJ2gxprOn5bLLusEGj_Gl4BwXFiZg_kdqb1AzkzTx9r155kkrL7rAXpUAhkX_TeJpHuoD-6BcOoRcxrrWC1vjrGIyV-KNqNimjAY9SjC7CU/s320/IMG_7699.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> That girl there </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">was always a survivor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She had a wild streak in her</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">that she traded for love.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She pushed it aside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">for a sweet family life</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and became someone's wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then Life being Life,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">it does what it does</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and left her broken,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">til one fateful slow dance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with a motorcycle cowboy...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now she </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">only loves</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Wild Ride.</span></div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-39118242924507522152023-05-26T09:55:00.001-07:002023-05-26T10:08:45.332-07:00The Jagged Heart<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Koiq0u0hZ1ut_we1i5J081wBQIM3tvgFxaqiLCGISVybY4qppBKB_f5I5P95y6CplwNDp8vJSfjFUFDXZz98zMQlqdKUlFULDAZd7TbBOzVb3Ezbugdp-JFIOEIgI1vlOWmc7LnEoSlKKkFcN7eKMT88mH4M4zfy4bcFu9ZoAqJco0HfdQgURUS/s3752/IMG_7751.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3752" data-original-width="2770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Koiq0u0hZ1ut_we1i5J081wBQIM3tvgFxaqiLCGISVybY4qppBKB_f5I5P95y6CplwNDp8vJSfjFUFDXZz98zMQlqdKUlFULDAZd7TbBOzVb3Ezbugdp-JFIOEIgI1vlOWmc7LnEoSlKKkFcN7eKMT88mH4M4zfy4bcFu9ZoAqJco0HfdQgURUS/s320/IMG_7751.jpeg" width="236" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">“Swallow the jagged heart,”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">she said.</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“It’ll cure all that ails you,”</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">as she pulled me to her bed,</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">into her tangled web</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">of pleasure.</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“I’ll trade this hollowed out bullet </p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">for your pain,”</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">she placed it round my neck,</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">hung it from a chain,</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">filled it with some magic</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and then she said,</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“Come back next Tuesday</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and I’ll heal you again.”</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(my words written from His perspective,</p>
<p style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">lest you think it’s a confession)</p><div><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-28226549049535905732023-05-15T10:07:00.000-07:002023-05-15T10:07:46.075-07:00Looking For You<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxcUddhUAPvAbT4mPFCfD5fI3cf6sHKuSqXR_1IARyvu_svgZG0jn4TZJ7oy9jajmaCsPYAw6zSN37vUOU8zA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was looking more single every single weekend</div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for a feeling to get my heart beating</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for an up all night long</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">The right kiss, right song</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for a sunrise leading to a sunset</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for a someone I can spend it with</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Then it came around right out of the blue</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">And it turns out</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, I was looking for you</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I was looking for you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Song by Chris Young</div></span></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-88957004901532260482023-03-14T09:42:00.000-07:002023-03-14T09:42:59.620-07:00Seventeen to Seventy<p><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheNhAVtJEGn6SDxygD4euaVKi9WWsyLXbUuf7tz7V9ZECoMhy2XGvpA8Pa7qQTFPbKnuPzXmqfIrOUZKoDKrOUcm7XInKCHc1XwiEGKkKHd6C1wMUQfzl8JUP3qeFOzmUgu6ni8YL2ItRfZm9Sr3gscfz25lMlnNpbQivaa_2ZIEdHAE5ANY_pokJ/s2298/IMG_7093.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="1579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheNhAVtJEGn6SDxygD4euaVKi9WWsyLXbUuf7tz7V9ZECoMhy2XGvpA8Pa7qQTFPbKnuPzXmqfIrOUZKoDKrOUcm7XInKCHc1XwiEGKkKHd6C1wMUQfzl8JUP3qeFOzmUgu6ni8YL2ItRfZm9Sr3gscfz25lMlnNpbQivaa_2ZIEdHAE5ANY_pokJ/s320/IMG_7093.jpeg" width="220" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sh3O-CyX3nxkg8znjAr4zNWDmoV4OuVUDZ9sJ7RBaYgSJt42o98TlOVgb0IuaqBZWTTkzg8EMnzZx5A_F4Q9vLyn3AK15J7Wr5yNNh32H15j5ibDZxV-5szjWabTFwkad4tIOZdEVm1cWL2RaXSmThyqpLvG_QMgw388PJwu9jpWt1RT1Uu-rDlV/s3088/IMG_7103.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Sh3O-CyX3nxkg8znjAr4zNWDmoV4OuVUDZ9sJ7RBaYgSJt42o98TlOVgb0IuaqBZWTTkzg8EMnzZx5A_F4Q9vLyn3AK15J7Wr5yNNh32H15j5ibDZxV-5szjWabTFwkad4tIOZdEVm1cWL2RaXSmThyqpLvG_QMgw388PJwu9jpWt1RT1Uu-rDlV/s320/IMG_7103.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Bits of her remain</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Not locked within my memories,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">But in my every day.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I’ve been blessed and </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I’ve been sad;</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Been as Luckey as my name.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">If I had another chance<br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I would do it all the same.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">As my Daddy used to say,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Hot Diggity Dog,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">It’s been a beautiful day.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">I’m still dancing,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Still romancing,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">And I’m here to say,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Baby, I’m not finished yet,</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">So swag on over my way…</span></p><div><br /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-45035134573260203742023-03-11T16:08:00.000-07:002023-03-11T16:08:18.135-07:00Lighting of the Votives<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Some light candles for their dead;</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I light candles for the one who </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">brought me back to life</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">in the sanctuary of my bed</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">where sins are confessed</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">and wounds are healed</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">again and again and again.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I’m not saying</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">he walks on water,</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">but he calms the storm in me.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">So, yes, I light candles</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">for the one who</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">pulled me</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">out of the raging sea.</p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-60471497897724741302022-07-24T15:44:00.000-07:002022-07-24T15:44:44.344-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT93iDxF6tG47tReqZA9C7pBJSGmd1vbBEPSJvVu3tXY0KhCcfs3R3Ofsq_O0FyL4YEAEbT67JW5x1x7VQpFi1e1JW4DRbRgFiprh72KzEkM9ZywnWg--UC-QDAc6A09v6QKU6wZD_LU4xaWOgaKKltwPo2DT6YtrSnTUaoe1lJKZhVQ8rsnHRB0b3/s3024/8C686526-904D-4182-B62E-8C740AC47AD2.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT93iDxF6tG47tReqZA9C7pBJSGmd1vbBEPSJvVu3tXY0KhCcfs3R3Ofsq_O0FyL4YEAEbT67JW5x1x7VQpFi1e1JW4DRbRgFiprh72KzEkM9ZywnWg--UC-QDAc6A09v6QKU6wZD_LU4xaWOgaKKltwPo2DT6YtrSnTUaoe1lJKZhVQ8rsnHRB0b3/s320/8C686526-904D-4182-B62E-8C740AC47AD2.heic" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Country Swing dancing</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a furniture store...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a Thang.</div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-69572068139126008862022-06-15T19:46:00.001-07:002022-06-15T19:46:42.488-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sI5EtxjTbo8f2-BmQgNsmiL2HuGAv9Hdul4Nh4HGyL3PgRPwuTzQIx45Qrfj6GF-QqzbFcVsEOvd6LNF100OXghDC1p0mp19q9cYS2ruAlJ3mtjqVj_KLMKYs7-8cxglqC03y7yuufJVdjHh_m2ElXalDjOI_bNlTVy_GwejHf3MK2YIU1dKZ9ec/s3842/7015AAF1-2CD8-44B6-A058-12C81C8F4FAD_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3842" data-original-width="3024" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sI5EtxjTbo8f2-BmQgNsmiL2HuGAv9Hdul4Nh4HGyL3PgRPwuTzQIx45Qrfj6GF-QqzbFcVsEOvd6LNF100OXghDC1p0mp19q9cYS2ruAlJ3mtjqVj_KLMKYs7-8cxglqC03y7yuufJVdjHh_m2ElXalDjOI_bNlTVy_GwejHf3MK2YIU1dKZ9ec/w314-h398/7015AAF1-2CD8-44B6-A058-12C81C8F4FAD_1_201_a.heic" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> And the moon rose</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">over an empty field,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">right in the middle of town...</span></div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-14861791752362641632022-04-09T20:42:00.011-07:002022-04-09T20:47:03.964-07:00To Breathe Again<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">I find myself</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> clinging to him</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> as tightly </span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> as I held onto</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> that title of Widow. </span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Instead of a</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> suffocating quilt</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> of fading memories</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> wrapped around me,</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> I am wrapped in </span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> the arms of </span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> him.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlTkutB_iTr8oh0a2IgokmvRgZOU2csw4XF6JnbkDClszS67wt-CkhO6jUxmtbv9pAX-FpcO6_y4rDO-RFRFr13JTwnuGVXIpZwuEO2YRNG6owaVPjCZkI54hafQ6nPMrk6iaE0sLahgsq4BsADxjR_AFtyK6x9KVsGlAUF6QuqIn5z89Ya2vURyT/s398/43951ED3-7B3C-4873-96DF-A23553E8DE98_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="259" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlTkutB_iTr8oh0a2IgokmvRgZOU2csw4XF6JnbkDClszS67wt-CkhO6jUxmtbv9pAX-FpcO6_y4rDO-RFRFr13JTwnuGVXIpZwuEO2YRNG6owaVPjCZkI54hafQ6nPMrk6iaE0sLahgsq4BsADxjR_AFtyK6x9KVsGlAUF6QuqIn5z89Ya2vURyT/w49-h75/43951ED3-7B3C-4873-96DF-A23553E8DE98_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="49" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-6057899443113132402022-04-02T13:41:00.000-07:002022-04-02T13:41:29.734-07:00Mmm<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXjA4j1dcQrZptFNxauw0xBeZCiCPkE28-j2smd01Qmfuy7dq4E3aC2r8-KbUuBHkxP6bwI9QoFCqlScBtxzFglnulIKNmxRzO_ATYcc1Pw8Fh7JfP5AETcDLIX8oPPIeIx2bWswm6ZI/s1600/tangie_SG_Love_1_thumb1.png" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXjA4j1dcQrZptFNxauw0xBeZCiCPkE28-j2smd01Qmfuy7dq4E3aC2r8-KbUuBHkxP6bwI9QoFCqlScBtxzFglnulIKNmxRzO_ATYcc1Pw8Fh7JfP5AETcDLIX8oPPIeIx2bWswm6ZI/s1600/tangie_SG_Love_1_thumb1.png" /></a></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">It’s not just that </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">he pulled me</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">out of the </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Valley of Death,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">it’s the </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>Being So Alive</i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">in this new life</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">he brought me to.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-76529115819225106602022-03-21T10:05:00.002-07:002022-03-21T10:05:52.944-07:00Freedom<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">He gave me the gift of freedom</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">and I ride that thing</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">like a rental horse</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">flying back to the stable.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I’m wild, but not reckless,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">for I value the time I have left</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">in this body</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">on this pretty blue planet.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">The smell of orange blossoms</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">is heavy in the air.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I breathe it all in</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">as if it were a drug.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">And I’m gone,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">baby, gone,</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Like Tina Turner left Ike.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I think it’s time to admit</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I’m deeply in love with my bike. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ePKxcbcpang/UdcQZdZxEEI/AAAAAAAAEMU/E_f4zOa-31I/s1600-h/cvisions_youarestrong_ep_transfer08a%25255B3%25255D.png" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="cvisions_youarestrong_ep_transfer08a" border="0" height="83" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-14KJiFt4Lqg/UdcQaGGez-I/AAAAAAAAEMc/dCJ9G-bqPsc/w101-h83/cvisions_youarestrong_ep_transfer08a_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0px 0px 4px;" title="cvisions_youarestrong_ep_transfer08a" width="101" /></a></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-54772849582151257732022-03-17T09:45:00.016-07:002022-03-19T13:55:37.505-07:00The Lucky Ones<p> </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="[tangie_splattergraffiti_daydream_1%255B4%255D.png]" border="0" height="152" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FAlijzXRBu4/Um18bjqmxuI/AAAAAAAAESM/GY3K0VDCQ2E/w372-h152/tangie_splattergraffiti_daydream_1%25255B4%25255D.png" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" width="372" /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here’s to the Lucky Ones,</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the raw, the brutally honest ones,</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the ones who crave the ******-*******,</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Who rewrite language to</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">bat shit crazy and adore.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To the ones brought back to life</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">by the ones climbing out of the grave.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Who would have thought that</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Waiting for Death Ones</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">could be the</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ones Who Save.</span></p><div><br /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-34688003807630293552022-03-17T09:13:00.000-07:002022-03-17T09:13:15.575-07:00The Wound Healers<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uH_9IU7eh70/U084OrI6_6I/AAAAAAAAFJU/MUS27_s1EF8/s1600-h/cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp03%25255B3%25255D.png" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp03" border="0" height="240" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KWDkivfMh2U/U084PAiRiAI/AAAAAAAAFJc/NsTN4IHOVPw/cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp03_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0px 0px 4px;" title="cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp03" width="198" /></a></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We’re the same,</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">you and me</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">we’ve been broken</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and stripped raw, </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">we’ve been lost</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and we’ve been found, </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">yet still don’t know </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">who we are.</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We’ve both been in the battle,</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">we know the hidden scars,</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the wounds no one can see.</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">we gently caress around them</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">to not open them needlessly.</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">when they do break down</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">we absorb the words</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">that must be said,</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and pay honor to</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the previous lives we led.</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Being happy </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">in the present</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">doesn’t change our past,</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">but baby, I’m sure grateful</span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">that I got to have you last.</span></p><div><br /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-63220715460752485552021-12-28T22:43:00.003-07:002022-01-15T19:27:17.980-07:00Winter in the Desert - Addendum<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlZhRmfijRQuXM1L4J-9C3JTZoLTdZB7PyYzI_LA_e_Dn99T3jdZ8xspZhe6Oo0ufqEZ7ASEO2Atsa3zPeQCf1LvRpEBh2V04l_XQDmZbLmqNHckYoTB21TdaArJCLMj2dK_O2UM-vipxlNxHU-23DGCKGFAMTG3BOfsf6VvbBSUOehFN-4pM5HDvN=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlZhRmfijRQuXM1L4J-9C3JTZoLTdZB7PyYzI_LA_e_Dn99T3jdZ8xspZhe6Oo0ufqEZ7ASEO2Atsa3zPeQCf1LvRpEBh2V04l_XQDmZbLmqNHckYoTB21TdaArJCLMj2dK_O2UM-vipxlNxHU-23DGCKGFAMTG3BOfsf6VvbBSUOehFN-4pM5HDvN=w306-h408" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Just when I think</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I'm grounded,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The slightest breeze</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">sends me tumbling</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">like a leaf</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">in the wind. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Gravity is nonexistent,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">reality is an illusion </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">And there I am,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">reaching for my past</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">of false security.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i>ADDENDUM:</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i>Normally I leave interpretation of my writing open to the reader; however, I feel the need to explain this one a little bit. This is NOT in reference to my "muse', the inspiration of my sultry poetry phase, a phase which I am ecstatically still in.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i>This poem is a reflection of very brief moments of free-falling as result of PTSD brought on by having a spouse go on Hospice and helping them transition into new life. They occur infrequently now, as I live very much in The Now, but when they visit, sometimes the words just need to be said.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand;"><b><i>All is very well.</i></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-26014619380395990422021-08-11T09:48:00.000-07:002021-08-11T09:48:30.270-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jD6fmV_WjgisaaBHziSMi-LmhJgkZvXzgn4JPV5t6wwws5IEF812dz4Xjpu218zxopiqBQ5MrwdxAE6pmrHs9CulFh1q-jHE5XQHSIHiFpL_IsTbClZsDYthbz6ohSmNac1XQBzUQzQ/s1241/926A8732-822C-4FF3-AFCA-A883185DF244_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1241" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jD6fmV_WjgisaaBHziSMi-LmhJgkZvXzgn4JPV5t6wwws5IEF812dz4Xjpu218zxopiqBQ5MrwdxAE6pmrHs9CulFh1q-jHE5XQHSIHiFpL_IsTbClZsDYthbz6ohSmNac1XQBzUQzQ/s320/926A8732-822C-4FF3-AFCA-A883185DF244_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Don't look back</span> - <i>you're not going that way</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Mary Engelbreit</div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-36671878391201137452021-06-21T13:37:00.004-07:002021-06-23T13:01:18.773-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B4GzvmliWhUUCH0o8VWLWZvn8v0SrcTh9_arjYe9eLLkneXPoVqpp-8ySqM36WOqIip8lZXAyDWup4ZIopYhr-o0O7KZMfhR5x8Dg8sqn8Ui3jjlBfP5L_DJ51D8oXnEG1vlCUyw2kQ/s1476/E5F0F8A9-2E09-464D-86C2-94B6D9E9FAC4_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCTEJTJ4a0XAc1v2CTf6B3AZl0HSmmMctLpBc_YTTtg1jVq9AExnTFLAHuzixheqLOUXjuDMuVBKXglRC_swrlpIHstNMwtbUS1fQGzN3KXNqrYYc9kvRAVEMIlPBfYWhKXGOiWtMKX4/s2515/tangie_splattergraffiti_daydream_4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="2515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCTEJTJ4a0XAc1v2CTf6B3AZl0HSmmMctLpBc_YTTtg1jVq9AExnTFLAHuzixheqLOUXjuDMuVBKXglRC_swrlpIHstNMwtbUS1fQGzN3KXNqrYYc9kvRAVEMIlPBfYWhKXGOiWtMKX4/s320/tangie_splattergraffiti_daydream_4.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">We're writing our story</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">right now,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Whether I pick up the pen or not.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Our story is written</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">in the silence</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">of entwined limbs,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">synchronized breaths,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The before, the during,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">and the after;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Our Dead People</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">turned to ash,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">and yet,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">we cling to life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">The Now.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div> <p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-69017763632327621212021-02-04T15:47:00.000-07:002021-02-04T15:47:05.073-07:00Smooth Like Glass<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUz5s8tyH8d3naJ_vYbpbbdiaRyTW8I_DbpIPd8g75BiEWepiKvn-Kr_2I-W2QcSznv44Cq9juBfPaqnvCI9z6_JOQCcM89mDGMww7w_bc_P_1inEVv0rK4yVyHmSnibLtUI0i4Edo1s/s2048/5B1BAD4C-7EF6-4D8A-974D-64D247D735D9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUz5s8tyH8d3naJ_vYbpbbdiaRyTW8I_DbpIPd8g75BiEWepiKvn-Kr_2I-W2QcSznv44Cq9juBfPaqnvCI9z6_JOQCcM89mDGMww7w_bc_P_1inEVv0rK4yVyHmSnibLtUI0i4Edo1s/s320/5B1BAD4C-7EF6-4D8A-974D-64D247D735D9.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blue skies,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smooth blue skies,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smooth sailing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're as</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">smooth as wet grass,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">smooth like the ice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">floating in my glass</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of bourbon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like the swirl of headiness</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of one too many shots,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I never saw him coming.</span></div><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-63958331951056774412020-09-28T11:17:00.000-07:002020-09-28T11:17:37.175-07:00Chasing the Moon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV8X0584NXUzHtWXaP6gex0_Ot5w6spUokmGk_5FJUyuL72a8Sj2Ym7FGg8RZgQXLJA7vBOCIPHcBfJYtrIKY0hYB0JLgLxRgAuG7gsOJWMsZxW3cC9gYfNLEk4sQaCsagZTxA_rmVYs/s2048/956D11F7-892D-49D7-95FC-513CB065FA83.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV8X0584NXUzHtWXaP6gex0_Ot5w6spUokmGk_5FJUyuL72a8Sj2Ym7FGg8RZgQXLJA7vBOCIPHcBfJYtrIKY0hYB0JLgLxRgAuG7gsOJWMsZxW3cC9gYfNLEk4sQaCsagZTxA_rmVYs/s320/956D11F7-892D-49D7-95FC-513CB065FA83.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; text-align: left;">The alfalfa’s been cut,</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: center;">winter rye is coming soon;</div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: center;">Time keeps pace with the seasons,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: center;">And I’m out here just chasing the moon.</div></span></span><p></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-84300724409140766632020-08-22T14:33:00.001-07:002020-08-22T14:33:39.782-07:00A New Season of Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LUWWkR1jWcUhOm1DJI3QKW-8QSLMOdPfOk6HyicS3Arz0QXCkyOXulB4vKqEL_EOQD1WCn4yd4jDcq_qE2ixbXbAjtBTz1Z0hkXvmZyglBN5t5_lL4kny-7QPo_oeBCpMMMBXev1B7o/s2048/FEDCB31F-F4D0-4EEF-A0E3-D18C220F6AF5.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LUWWkR1jWcUhOm1DJI3QKW-8QSLMOdPfOk6HyicS3Arz0QXCkyOXulB4vKqEL_EOQD1WCn4yd4jDcq_qE2ixbXbAjtBTz1Z0hkXvmZyglBN5t5_lL4kny-7QPo_oeBCpMMMBXev1B7o/s320/FEDCB31F-F4D0-4EEF-A0E3-D18C220F6AF5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's called</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">I do what I want.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Retirement, BaeBae!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-32819075843114800862020-08-20T19:29:00.000-07:002020-08-20T19:30:57.699-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHjZ0wzm9H3latG8KSe-kZi54wFGP2ZbGdLseeJvuor8KfLJhoR8ohJed4QEl0SVbskvCXiP5BV1sm9a2nksE8dftAhBEpb-27sUCdWUvzWCzkjhDax1EPtdkI7y2FRuEMkh6oLz0yLE/s464/You+don%2527t+know+this+new+me%253B+I+put+back+my+pieces%25E2%2580%25A6.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHjZ0wzm9H3latG8KSe-kZi54wFGP2ZbGdLseeJvuor8KfLJhoR8ohJed4QEl0SVbskvCXiP5BV1sm9a2nksE8dftAhBEpb-27sUCdWUvzWCzkjhDax1EPtdkI7y2FRuEMkh6oLz0yLE/s400/You+don%2527t+know+this+new+me%253B+I+put+back+my+pieces%25E2%2580%25A6.jpg"/></a></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-21035864214660007492020-07-06T15:41:00.000-07:002020-07-06T15:41:01.273-07:00Alive Again<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></blockquote><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I<i> am </i>that Rottweiler Bitch</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Whose litter of puppies died</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">And I <i>will </i>find nine replacements, </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Be it a fuzzy slipper,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">A stuffed animal</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Or an abandoned baby squirrel </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">And I <i>will</i> nurse it back to life</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Because every single morning </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I wake up</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Alive.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></font></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Some may want me to carry </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">The flame of eternal love,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">An idealistic image of romance,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">But let me tell you </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">There is no romance in an empty bed,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">No comfort in placing ones head</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">On an imaginary chest</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Because every single night</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I went to bed</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Alone.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></font></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Here in this little room</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I can see what remains of my life;</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I have held it in my hands</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">And watched it slip away</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">While I grieved what I had lost.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Lost no longer,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I have been found.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">Broken and broken have come together</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">And for the first time in years</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font face="verdana">I sleep sound. </font></span></p><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYNSGH1-kfvaksRqHoENbMjxucmHhPreGSDuddwglR74N5JGkJeyV7A67zUoxrfIKkF3_x7isQOw20WGxRSPpY_EhHmNZcaw3IDxEJflmbRJ8l3d8K-ZLxG8Dl_ZZa9M3O_HMkrq9x7Q/s240/tangie_SG_Love_1_thumb1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYNSGH1-kfvaksRqHoENbMjxucmHhPreGSDuddwglR74N5JGkJeyV7A67zUoxrfIKkF3_x7isQOw20WGxRSPpY_EhHmNZcaw3IDxEJflmbRJ8l3d8K-ZLxG8Dl_ZZa9M3O_HMkrq9x7Q/s0/tangie_SG_Love_1_thumb1.png" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">For fear I’d scare him off,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I did not reply.</font></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I’m your Spirit Animal, Baby.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I’m here to dirty dance you,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Romance you,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">To breathe new life into you.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Take that foot out of the coffin</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">And claw your way back to the living</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Cuz it ain’t your time to die.</font></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I’m a night walker,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I’m a grave robber</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Digging up the living dead</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">From where I used to dwell.</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">I’m gonna rattle your bones,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Linger on the humerus,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">And shake the dust off your thighs.</font></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">And if you survive the resurrection,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">We’re gonna coast, Baby, </font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Cuz the grim reaper owes us that.</font></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">Who are you, he once asked,</font></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana">And I demurely smiled.</font></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><img alt="[cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp06%255B4%255D.png]" border="0" height="126" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ByOXqRHp9Tk/UhwFHFYT6lI/AAAAAAAAEPY/bOJ_xk-Bx1A/w335-h126/cvisions_youarestrong_ep_stamp06%25255B4%25255D.png" style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" width="335" /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#6d5c5c" face="verdana"><br /></font></span></p>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195623810400107239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490852947650140384.post-58764888139489401682020-06-23T14:18:00.000-07:002020-06-23T14:18:22.597-07:00Becoming Mighty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;">With one dance, one glance,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">melted away</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">The Great Thaw.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He pressed his body</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at an old-time, big tent revival</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as I read you with my hands</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lingering on every word</span></div>
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