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Mirror Facing
How shall I walk with u?
Listen or speak?
Preach or share?
Will I allow myself 2 b changed
or shall I endeavour to make u, me?
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Cold bites to core
Chill numbs fingers’ flex
At margin’s edge
frigid twilight embraces
Though hibernation tempts
May hearts warmly respond
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Momentary respite arrives
Clenched thaw unfurls
Sol sundog mirrored
Into the reprieve we walk
With eyes open
May we see abounding wonder
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Poet’s verse of joy & loss
etches lives dressed
with fatigue & vibrancy
Into each stanza
as untold stories
already written
we step
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Towards Sabbath pause
distractions abound
Bites of sound
ringtones & email
With deep breath drawn
Know you are allowed
to simply Be
to Shine
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Many experiences
abundant information
doesn’t wisdom’s dawn ensure
Reflection’s nurture:
whence we come
to see where we r
& where we might b
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Poetry subverts words
Adds nuance
bodies speak
but ears miss
Poetry reveals potential
prose obscures
We r each a line
in an unfolding stanza
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Politicians posture
Performers pose
& still terran torture teems
As long as our
story separates solidarity
Creation cries caution
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Art dances
through halls & walls
Creativity inspires
the server
& served
How does
the Muse
touch you?
What creation
are you becoming?
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Loneliness’ embrace
obscures Hopes’ light
Despair’s touch
tempers Care’s bid
For all who know the dark night
May we – with vigil – wait
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In cracked concrete
Laughter ushers
amidst refuse’s purchase
Human dignity
arises in bleak boxes
Spirit flies & Wonder unfolds
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Into despair’s midst
we are called
Claiming
neither rhyme
nor reason
Into despair’s midst …
to witness tears
to hear lament
to be care
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We are the Light
for which we long
We are the hand
that we hope
will be extended
In the temptation
of apathy
know we are
change’s spark
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Justice driven passion
Illumines opaque systems
Questions law’s scripters
Where privilege veils inequality
who shall be her voice?
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#BellLetsTalk
May the stigma
attached to mental illness
be replaced by compassion and care
for all who seek
balance & wellness
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Then might not be Now
but it begins Here
Hope is grounded
in the possible
Your imagination
sets the stage
for tomorrow’s
today
Your reflections are most welcome!