tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90594640427189115262024-03-13T13:31:07.538-04:00ScribblingbeautifulgraceA journey into grace and all things beautiful.ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-5059107598099563332021-04-02T10:57:00.002-04:002021-04-02T11:02:12.355-04:00they didn't know<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjFIRWn1q-s/Uyru-PUahFI/AAAAAAAABHE/LaSDxx6YnssSWuKjyZdzklhVNr-ELZ01ACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/DSC_0568.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjFIRWn1q-s/Uyru-PUahFI/AAAAAAAABHE/LaSDxx6YnssSWuKjyZdzklhVNr-ELZ01ACPcBGAYYCw/s320/DSC_0568.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></b></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The holiest of days today. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good Friday.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's hard to breathe. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Words do not come easily.</span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was the third hour when they nailed him to the cross. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the sixth to the ninth hour </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">an inexplicable darkness covered the land.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus cried out with a loud voice,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">What do you do with an awful loss . . . </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">ripping apart . . .</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">feeling forsaken . . .</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Is there not amazement, in experiencing great loss,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">that life around you is going on . . .</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">that everyone is not stopped in their tracks?</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Does it not show on the face, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in the eyes . . .</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the rapid heartbeat, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the sweaty palms;</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">emotions swirl and eddy.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">On that Friday the sun stopped shining.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">God turned His back.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus forsaken.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hung there on the cross.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was evident in their faces; </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">his loved ones,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">hovering nearby, bent low with grief. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Weeping.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mary, his mother. Her sister. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">John, his best friend and others.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sorrow beyond words. Confusion and hurt. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Death and darkness.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Life had been forever altered.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">They didn't know that was the plan.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the beginning.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">But today, we know. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was always the plan.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Restoration, redemption, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">reconciliation, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">to bring back, to repair.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Around the ninth hour, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus bowed his head and gave us his spirit. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saying, "It is finished."</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The words hung there too.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the religious leaders,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the Roman guard,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the enemy of this world,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus' loved ones and us today.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is finished.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The most astonishing gift the world has ever seen.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">That he would die in our place.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Life is forever altered.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Does it not stop us in our tracks . . .<br />Show on our face . . .</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">. . . are we amazed <br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span><br /></div>ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-22696986710857664932021-03-06T11:32:00.001-05:002021-03-06T11:32:56.851-05:00A croissants and eclairs kind of morning<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gRfGFEkeJik/V_z2SjwBOrI/AAAAAAAADKY/Bd33_vaxAW4coBiGQo-xDDBPWApMLkzMwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/11-DSC_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gRfGFEkeJik/V_z2SjwBOrI/AAAAAAAADKY/Bd33_vaxAW4coBiGQo-xDDBPWApMLkzMwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/11-DSC_0102.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>awakening</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>today <br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>on a saturday</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and somehow<br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>unlike other days</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>for someone never usually</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>remembering </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>most of the time</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>dreams that is<br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>this time</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>this morning</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>in the early fog</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>somewhere between</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sleep and consciousness <br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>a pastry shoppe</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>filling the dream space </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>with all the noise</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and commotion </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and old world charm</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>of France</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>aromas of coffee</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and pastry sweetness</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>conversations on surround</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>tables full</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the hustle bustle</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>of the old painted door </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>opening and</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>closing steadily</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>oops here comes another <br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>newspapers spread</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>laptops </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and linen bags </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the murmuring of early</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>as friends meet</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>as orders are announced</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>as patrons leave</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>with arms full<br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the daily of this </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>taken for granted</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>but for me</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>standing there </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>mesmerized</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>eyes wide</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>beyond the glass</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>croissants and eclairs</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>madeleines</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>covered in hazelnut</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the macarons</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>lined up</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>like spring tulips</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>in the field</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>butter cookes</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and lace cookies</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and the little signs</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>describing</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>other goodness</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>never before seen </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>requiring a simple point</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and a nod</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>to purchase</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and now wondering</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>what was chosen</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and then</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>how in the world</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>to stay there</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>but morning calling</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and dreams tossed</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>like the covers</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>only a sweet beckoning</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>remaining</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and thinking of the day</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>like a pastry shoppe</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>in F<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span></span></span>rance</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>there is so much</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>to choose</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that is good</span></span></b></div><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">today </span></span></b><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span> <br /></div>ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-83660058691464069062021-02-01T12:14:00.001-05:002021-03-06T10:29:28.444-05:00a love affair<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9xP3zxZuC0/YBgsn-jjIZI/AAAAAAAADyA/7XU_e4aM4PAxWoDkaF1m1ZqistYl7vP1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/DSC_0776%2B%25282%2529%2B%25282018_02_28%2B18_16_46%2BUTC%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="800" height="259" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9xP3zxZuC0/YBgsn-jjIZI/AAAAAAAADyA/7XU_e4aM4PAxWoDkaF1m1ZqistYl7vP1gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h259/DSC_0776%2B%25282%2529%2B%25282018_02_28%2B18_16_46%2BUTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>what is it about a monday </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>the first of any week </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>or the first of any month <br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>beckoning </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>with opportunity </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>a fresh slate to write upon</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>for me</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>a love affair</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>coming together as they do</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>today</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>tearing back the covers</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>pulling up the shade</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>peering out to see</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>newness</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>but for the briefest</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>of moments</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>disappointment flooding</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>exquisite fresh snow</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>of yesterday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>thick on tree limbs</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>blanketing the landscape</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>now gone</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>driven rain falling sideways</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>determined to outdo</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>and erase </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>what was celebrated</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>just a day ago</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>but undeterred </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>reminded</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>frozen beauty suspended</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>by just a degree or two</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>dividing yesterday</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>from today</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>and in the turning of the page</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>feelings bursting forth</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>the picture outside my window</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>cannot erase</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>because today </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>starting afresh</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>the weather reminding</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>just a degree of change</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>can make all the difference</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>so here on a monday</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>this new day</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>a new month</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>stealing the thunder</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>taking the grayness of winter away</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>for starting over</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>a clean page</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>on which to live </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>to right the ship</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>to start again</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>for failure can nip at our heels</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>but we always</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>always</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>have a choice </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>all of us</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>and for me</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>a new day and a new month</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>beckoning</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-87041265019919235732018-07-21T14:26:00.000-04:002018-07-21T14:26:39.073-04:00even in the rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">throwing open </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">my window wide to the sky</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cacophonous rain</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">thrumming </span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on the roof </span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">creating such a din</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">deluging </span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">t<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">he canopy of green</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">pavements shimmering</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lights reflecting golden</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on streets</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a world on pause</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because most</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">harboring safely inside</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a midsummer's day full </span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of unexpected</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the wet and the chilly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the muted grays</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">li<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ke summer got angry</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and throwing a fit</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and life's like that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">sometimes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">things changing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">uncomforta<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">bly</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">unexpectedly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and there is much lament over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">what is and isn't</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the not yet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but today from a window<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in <strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">watching the downpour</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">obliterate the sky </span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and pound merciless for hours</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">gaining perspective</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to slow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to ponder </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and to see</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a holy God</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">filling the earth with goodness</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">even in the midst of broken</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">plans going awry</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lives crumbling into small pieces</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">disappointment showing up</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">seemingly capricious</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and stunning</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">finding only God capable</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of redemption</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">we are not</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and He astonishing with love</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">undeserved</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">knitting us back together</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">redeeming the brokenness</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ensnaring our lives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">beauty today</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from a window</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">showing up raw</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and reminding</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a midsummer morning</span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></strong></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">even in the rain</span></strong></span></strong><br />
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<br />ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-49730249834683420202018-07-17T18:59:00.001-04:002021-03-06T10:28:58.556-05:00a place called ordinary<br /><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">these neighbors of mine</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">talking</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that is</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I would too you know</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wondering</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">what the dickens will be the color</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">this time</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of all the doors</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a plain white house</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in a neighborhood</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">full of ordinary</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a summer's day</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cause you see</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">this girl</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all full of notions</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and romantic</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">imagining other worlds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and fancy places</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and often</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the getting carried away</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with pots of paint</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">reminiscent of Easter eggs</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lined up on a counter</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so joyous this thing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a palette of color</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a canvas to fill</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so today once again</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">it's a door smiling back</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">welcoming change</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">out in the early</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">while the breeze gentle</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the air cool</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but thick with birdsong</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cicadas screaming</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a din really</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">summer turned up loud</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">reminding this but a season</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">soon to change once again</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></b><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;">
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so with a paint pot</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a brush</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">coloring a page in my book</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and all the while </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">this summertime morning</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">filling the senses</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and me</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">breathing deep of glory</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and transition</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">seeing it now as a friend</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a thing of beauty</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">just like a door</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in a place called ordinary</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">life on pause</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">again </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">today</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and in the early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">gazing down</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">at the tundra</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from a window high</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">marveling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">at so much white</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">covering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like icing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">thick on a cake</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and then</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">zephyrs of snow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">jumping high</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">swirling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like fairy sprites</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">escaping</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">if just for a moment</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">seemingly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">laughing at us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and at the day</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the cold</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but for me</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">no slopes to slalom</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">no skates to lace</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">just time</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">life on pause</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and reveling in it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like a cat </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in winter sunshine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">drinking in beauty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">being at rest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">routine shattered</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in a million pieces</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like icicles</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">when they fall</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and for those</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">fortunate enough</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">today </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">an opportunity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to slow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in a world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making busy a trophy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hitting reset</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">jettisoning chores</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">responsibility</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the routine of daily</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with hilarity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">unflustered by it all</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the wake </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of this decision</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the unloading of guilt</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">much-needed rest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and quiet even</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to savor a new year</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to reboot</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">owning our lives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">getting perspective</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">part of the struggle</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and time put on hold</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in tandem with</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">an Abba Father</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">reminding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">glory</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">always seeping through</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all the cracks</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of this broken world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">beauty being unfolded</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like an exquisite snow-covered morning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a day </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on pause</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">reminding</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">there it is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a day</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">full of gray</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the sun </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">failing to sparkle</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to fill with warmth</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the happy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">we chase</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">clouds scuttling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">fast and furious</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">across a landscape</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and behind</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a window</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a canvas</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and an easel</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">standing ready</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to capture</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">this story</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in shades</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> swirling silvers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and grays</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">incandescent</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">light</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">dipping a brush</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">into melancholy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a day crushing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with the weight</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of exquisite</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in seeing light</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">more like</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a pearl</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">seeping through</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the barrage</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of dark</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and reminded</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">many hearts</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">fragile today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">emotions swirling too</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">stories broken</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the fiber</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of feel good</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">missing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like the sun</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and in looking</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">through </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that window</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a masterpiece</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">starring back</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">at me</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">despite</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the bruising</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from a world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">aching</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so full of scarcity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and longing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the not enough</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">catching breaths</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">deflating lives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the lack</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">there really is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">beauty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a purpose</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to our lives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in these days</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">both sun-filled</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">if we but look</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and pausing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to look beyond</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">into the mystery</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of Glory</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">showing up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all the time</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">there it is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong>ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-89244083949772216012017-06-05T11:34:00.000-04:002017-06-05T11:34:43.761-04:00monday mornings sometimes<div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">darkness </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">looming outside</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in the early</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of a morning</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">rain pending</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">tall pines</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and lush green</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the landscape</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">standing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">at attention</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">perfectly still</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">waiting</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even the </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">birds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">knowing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">announcing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">before </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the first </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">crack</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">thunder</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">before </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the wind </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">eddying</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">stirring</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">before </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the trees</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">waving </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">about</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">their </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">leaf laden </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">arms</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">before </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the pines</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">joining </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the dance</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">there is a </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">pause</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a languid </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">sort of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">waiting</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a sweet </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">anticipation</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of surely</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">what is to come</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">drinking it in</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">savoring</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the moment</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">before</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a sky </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">opening</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and a </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">downpour</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">merciless</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">droplets falling</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">staccato</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">hammering</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a street</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">thrumming</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on rooftops</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">relentless rain</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">beauty surrounding</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">unexpected</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">maybe</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">this</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">God-driven</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">goodness</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">ushering in</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">something</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">as </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">sweet </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">as</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">summer</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and here I sit</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in the ordinary</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">when all around</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">voices </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">yelling loud</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">getting my attention</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to be something</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">extraordinary</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">all the days of our lives</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">when really</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">all I can do</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">is wake up</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">raise the blinds</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and welcome</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> new day</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the beauty of it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the one chance to do</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">all the hours</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">never to be repeated</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">quite the same</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like a snowflake</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or a fingerprint</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or an original painting</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">each one day</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">distinct </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and full</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of possibility</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and choices</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">embracing it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in a big bear hug</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and wringing out of it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">every nuance</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">every flavor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and every opportunity</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> and to really see</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">our moments</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the landscape</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">surrounding</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">loaded </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with beauty</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and people</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">some we love</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">others maybe</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">we don't</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">understand</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and so</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">choosing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">today</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to really see</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and to savor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to love back</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and to linger</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to forgive</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and to let go</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">thanking God</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">for all this</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the work</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of His hands</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">embracing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">what is</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">because a day</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">like a snowflake</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">melting</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in your hand</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">never</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to be repeated</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">quite the same</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a work of art</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and breathing in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the good news</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">not having to be</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">extraordinary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">because</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">life is</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and I don't want</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to keep</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">missing it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
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ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-55121145572535081022017-04-14T08:20:00.000-04:002017-04-14T08:22:26.298-04:00on a friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">falling like</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">confetti</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">twirling</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like snow</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">blinding</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with the white</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">barrage</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of paper</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">raining down</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but the one</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">caught on the sleeve</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">revealing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a finer print</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">words up close</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">shockingly</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">not so pretty</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">strife </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">rancor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">yelling loud</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">letters on bits</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of paper</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">these words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">owning our</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">futile attempts</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to fix </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and paint</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">pretty</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the landscape</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of our lives</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and instead</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the living broken</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">everywhere</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">we look</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">words flying</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">falling </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">misleading</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and destroying</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the discourse</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ugly and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a smattering</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of expletives</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">too often</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">haunting us</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">these</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">veiled attempts</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">at happy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">our story</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the one</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">we want</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to be </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">so</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">beautiful</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">just isn't</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but in the midst</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of ordinary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">everyday living</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on a friday</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">right now</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">other words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">exploding</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ordinary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">smithereens</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>my God </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>my God</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>why have you</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>forsaken Me</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i><br /></i></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like a bomb</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">blast</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">careening</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into our lives</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">changing everything</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">jaw-dropping</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">staggering even</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the events</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on a friday</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the confetti</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">our parade</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">these best </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">efforts</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">just </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">not enough</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but what is</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">words exploding</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">across time</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">cosmos</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>it is finished</i></span></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></i></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ripping into darkness</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ripping into lives</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">changing everything</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">no greater love</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to be continued</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on a sunday</span></b></div>
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ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-10583275332193531792016-12-31T13:58:00.000-05:002017-01-01T09:25:17.351-05:00from my big old blackboard<div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wat the dickens</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">another year</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">already</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and barely</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">have I</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">caught my</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">breath</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">from filling</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">stockings</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and sending</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">cards</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and noshing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on sweets</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">until</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">stupefied</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">belly stuffed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">days</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">crammed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with busy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and so</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on this day</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">so special</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the last</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in a year full</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of days</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">now </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">quickly</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">morphing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">memories</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">some tasting</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">so sweet</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on the tongue</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">such goodness</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">experienced</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and others</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">more bitter</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">for the love</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of wanting</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">happy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sometimes</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">finding</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">lack</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">wat the dickens</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">that's life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and I'm embracing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">it all</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in the crazy good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and in the not</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">been shown</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a faithful One</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">full of love</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and grace</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sustaining</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and giving joy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and me</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">showing up</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">vulnerable</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because of it</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">so</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">thanks</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">for stopping by</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and be encouraged</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in this the last</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and in the new</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">wishing you Jesus</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sitting in my window</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in the early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of a November</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">morning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">rays of sunlight</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">streaming</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and a season changing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">peering down upon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the landscape</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">fallen leaves blanketing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">while others still</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">clinging to the trees</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unwilling to let go</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but the wind blew</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the season changed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and despite rhetoric</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ramped up and angry</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this is a time</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a season</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">t</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">o come together</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to stop the hatred</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the fear mongering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">one person at a time</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">believe me</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">xenophobia</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">bigotry</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">misogyny </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and racism</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">have no role</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in this new administration</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">w</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">e are a nation under God</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">indivisible</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with liberty and justice for all</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">working together</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in a season often overlooked</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">where leaves have to fall</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in order to usher in the new</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">embracing change</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and praying for our country</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the season </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">slowly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">turning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">showing up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">at a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">farmer's market</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on a Saturday</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and in the early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">chilly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">orange pumpkins</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and fuzzy peaches</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">cilantro and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">crazy fruit</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">pansies and zinnias</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">tomatoes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">big fat watermelon</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">warm sweaters</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">comfy jeans</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">baseball hats </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the oh-so-happy dress code</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with laughter loud</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and commerce bustling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">arms full</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of produce </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sunflowers </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a riot of color</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">all competing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">tied up in crisp paper</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and string</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">now </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">homeward bound</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with a stop </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">everyone's favorite</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on saturday morning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into afternoon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">delicious and free-wheeling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unrestrained freedom</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">joy bubbling up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and grateful</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the word of the day</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">party on autumn</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">when two </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">have said i do</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on the dock of the bay</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the glorious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of late afternoon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">summer waning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a saturday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">almost september</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">t</span>he groom </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">his bride </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so exquisite</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">s</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">miling and laughing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hugging and posing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the water lapping</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cameras clicking</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">capturing moments</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">soon to fade</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a saturday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">almost september</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and then</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">eventually</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">riding away</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">into future days</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">yet unspent</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all full of happy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lives merging</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">tin cans bouncing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">announcing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to the world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">just married</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and what is left</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">breath-taking quiet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">beauty surrounding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the sun </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cooler now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">setting</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">coloring the blue</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with ink stains</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">spreading and merging</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all hues of tropical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">melting into the bay</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">night approaching</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in all it's grandeur</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lights appearing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">across the water</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">friends drifting home</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the dock emptying</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and in a hush</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of eventide</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">brush strokes of glory</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">filling the thin</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">moments of dusk</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">as night falls</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and being reminded</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a wedding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a sunset</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">both</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">unfurling holy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">for all the world to see</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on a saturday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">almost september</span></strong><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">why do this</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">I wonder myself</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">painful even</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to hang</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like clothes </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on a line</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this vulnerable</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">collaging of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">telling a life</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and sometimes</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>gasping for air</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">chagrin</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">calling my name</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but not </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">listening</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">things </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">my father told me</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and one was</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">how very beautiful </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a clothesline</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">indeed</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a work of art</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">never one for convention</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">for he saw</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">what others did not</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a stunning display</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of imperfection</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">flying free </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">dancing in the wind</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">clothes hanging on a line</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like a string of kites</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or a mariner's flags</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">every sort of color</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">pattern and texture</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unpredictable</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">mismatched</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and imperfect</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and in embracing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">imperfection</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">finding beauty</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this permission</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to be ourselves</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and know</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">it is enough</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and in others too</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the days of our lives </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">pieced together</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and hung</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like clothes on a line</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">gardens lush</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">changing guard</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like clockwork</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ready or not</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">left wondering</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">how it changes</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">these seasons</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this time</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">we hold </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in our hand</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">one moment</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and then</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">it is gone</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like a thief</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in the night</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">awakening</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sometimes suddenly</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sometimes even</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">years later</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to regret</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and wondering</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">why</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the neglect</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the ridiculous</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">oversight</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of not</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">taking time to savor</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the beauty</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of summertime slow</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and drinking deep</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">it is so good</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">each moment</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and each day</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">given attention to</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the season </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">even now</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">stretching</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">into another</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and time falling away</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but right now</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this moment</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">waiting </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">under a </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">summer sky</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bowing our heads</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in grief</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">tragedy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">shocking to the core</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">knowing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">it could be us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unthinkable horror</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">lives shattered</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unfolding in story</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">before our eyes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and so many</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ordinary people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">just l</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ike us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">facing a different </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">tomorrow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a beautiful girl</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">singing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">young friends</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">celebrating</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a family of four</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">vacationing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">dreams distorted</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and a nation reeling</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">all because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">unseen evil lurking</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">beneath the surface</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and so how</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to find that silver lining</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">when the headlines blare</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">like an angry bullhorn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and too often</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">we also</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in the crosshairs</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">though unwittingly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this time</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of despair</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">fear squeezing </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and rocking our world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">what ifs</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and we are shaken to the core</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">no law </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">can prevent </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">evil</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and no person</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">can live</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">without the threat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of loss</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in this life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but in the aftermath</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of so much grief</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and sorrow and pain</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">new stories</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">heroes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the rare gift</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of suddenly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">being somewhere</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">where you are needed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">showing up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">indefatigable</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">relentless</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">creating a new narrative</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">stories that warm the heart</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">being told over and over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">through tears and heartache</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">love</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">always the</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> silver lining</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">in this life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">often difficult </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">often tragic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">through</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">ordinary people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">just like us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-15597538768472494462016-05-15T16:00:00.000-04:002016-05-15T16:00:15.947-04:00still<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>i was so young</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>and so were you</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>making promises</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">at the end of an aisle</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the room full of smiles</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">stain glass patterns </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">dancing </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">but all i could see</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">was you</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">saying </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">I do</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with a ring </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and a prayer</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and a kiss</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">starting it all</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">this story together</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and still i am giddy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">when i look at you</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and today</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">so many years later</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">our aisle a sidewalk</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and our chapel</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">a canopy of trees</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">sun drenched</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with shadows</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on the pavement</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">dancing</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">because our table awaits</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with a view</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">from a window</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">candles and champagne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">for two kids in love</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and still i am giddy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><br /></span></b>
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<br />ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-20826017609975538522016-05-13T14:32:00.000-04:002016-05-13T14:32:45.585-04:00even in the rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><br /></strong></div>
<div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">the view</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">from my window</span></strong><br />
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Vu7RLW8hm8/U7Q11Q3zIkI/AAAAAAAABQk/C1BnCfJrHQk037SxV4-Vyot3fJNaciLSgCKgB/s1600/DSC_0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">high in the attic room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">filled with books</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and journals and paint</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">paper and photos</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">wildly clamoring</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">for attention</span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">but just pausing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">life on hold</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">for a moment</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to take it all in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the being mindful</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">they say</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">because </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">anything new</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">as well as welcoming</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to a soul in love </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with </span></b><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">change</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">also </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">raw and challenging</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and though trees filling</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and grass greening</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">blossoms flourishing </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a new page being colored in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even so</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">wondering why</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">the sun </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">not quite warm yet</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and the silver light</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of a season past</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">lingering</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">streets glistening</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">endless rain</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and in watching it all unfold</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">this season new</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">like a story book</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with pop-up pictures</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">enthralled</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to turn the page</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to see</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">this story</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">this pop-up book</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">coming alive</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and the pictures</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">big, bold, and beautiful</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even the rain</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even the chilly</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">laughing</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">so good it is</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">to see </span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">that it is all beautiful</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">all the pages</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">all the seasons</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even the uncertainty</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of life</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">because story</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">is how we live</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">and how we find joy</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in a page still</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">unwritten</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">big, bold and beautiful</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">even in the rain</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></b></div>
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ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-74403742381115442092016-03-22T09:58:00.000-04:002016-03-22T09:58:27.507-04:00Holy week<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the most beautiful of love stories unfolding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
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ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-73378435383437944662016-03-18T11:41:00.000-04:002016-03-18T11:41:34.247-04:00Ode to a friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will miss you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">waving from your seat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on the back row on Sunday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that great big beautiful </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">fur coat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">threatening to engulf you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">while that dazzling smile of yours</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">bubbling up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">spilling forward </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">joyous</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making me smile too</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">waving back</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">never imagining</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">it was the last time</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so full of spitfire</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and daring and mirth</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so full of tenacity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">despite the odds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the hardship</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and the journey</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">traveled </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">to win back your life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">after a shocking setback</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and that you did</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">with aplomb</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">settling into life on the lake</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with children </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and grandchildren</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and Kai</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">coming through that door</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and you always</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">welcoming</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all of us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a place of beauty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">nature on display </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">through windows </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lovingly built and placed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">strategic for you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to see the glory of God</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">each day</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and to rest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in Him</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and that's what I learned</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">best </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and that is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the resting </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in Him</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making each day joyous</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">whether </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a time of challenge</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and prayer </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">or </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the everyday ordinary</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like a day at the movies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">where hilarity and glee</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">made me laugh </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and made me cry</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">for the sheer joy </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">you experienced</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the polar bear express</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because when</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">you have to learn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to walk again</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and talk again</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">life is slowed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and full of hard</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">moments also sweeter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">more appreciated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and family </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and friends more dear</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and for you in the still</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in front of the lake</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hours spent with God</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">transforming</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">it just radiated from you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">this love affair</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with Jesus</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">his grace </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">covering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like your big furry coat</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making you beautiful</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a woman at rest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">not so much</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from the doing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">your life full once again</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and undaunted you were</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">by disability</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but from the striving</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and instead</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a woman of prayer</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and humility</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">sharing with other women</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">your walk</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and your lover Jesus</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">knowing God</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">intimately</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and trusting Him</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">for everything</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">we women try</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to control</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">you told me </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and I'm sure others</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">we are not here for long</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but I never expected it so soon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and here I am</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">frantically waving back</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and then </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">remembering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">what I learned best from you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ultimately</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">we're all just walking each other home</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">it was a privilege my friend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I will miss you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong>ScribblingBeautifulGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881198843238181829noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059464042718911526.post-85451660038205968292016-02-10T15:07:00.000-05:002016-02-11T14:45:12.940-05:00oh winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wakening to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">big flakes of snow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">round and fat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">drifting silently down</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">filling full the view</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from a window</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with swirls of white dots</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">soft as cotton</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">light as a feather</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">reminding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of pictures posted</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on the wall</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in elementary school</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">where</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">fat dots of white paint</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">covering a page</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and a snowman</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">arms outstretched</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">grin wide and hat cockeyed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making happy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and it's just the same </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">these swirls of white dots</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">falling from the sky</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like a child with a big brush</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">throwing caution to the wind</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">spattering paint </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all over the sky</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">making grins wide</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and hats cockeyed</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a new year</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wonder</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">taking front seat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">replacing complacent</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the need to see above</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and beyond</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the present moment</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">head bobbing </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">list making</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and the calculating</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">put aside</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">packed up with the ornaments</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and stashed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">instead </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">finding </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wonder</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a new year thing to do</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the right now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the everyday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in the ordinary</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and in the difficult</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a new day beckoning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">with ice crystal patterns</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ubiquitous and lovely</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">on the windowpane and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">outside </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">exquisite shades</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of dawn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">briefly unfurling across</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the sky</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">abruptly returning again</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to winter grays</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and in the eerie quiet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">of a walk out in the early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cold tincturing a face</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hands shoved deep in pockets</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">against the wintry raw</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">where now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">newly unveiled sculpture</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">giant ones </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">bent and gnarled</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">others small and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">delicate</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lush green bunting</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">gone</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">from another season</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">knobby arms reaching</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and delicate fingers </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">scraping</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">the silver ceiling </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">beauty tumbling forward</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">enfolding life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like a rich batter in a bowl</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">yet unfinished</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because each moment</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">in this torn and broken world</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">filled with a beauty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">indescribable</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and grace </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">saturating our souls</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">saying yes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to this Creator God</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">trusting what is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and what isn't yet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and choosing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wonder</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">because the sacred </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">is writing beauty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">all over our lives</span></strong><br />
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