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Combined Mass

Combined Mass by Carmen H Gray Those tears flowed They were from the eyes Of a little girl I knew I saw glimpses of Incarnations of You Folded into my arms What sorrow’s songs are enacting Heartstring disarms Revealing a reflection Molting, transmuting An old wound demands recollection In one form or another Study…
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Loss

“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster” -from The Art of Losing by Elizabeth Bishop “But who shall dare To measure loss and gain in this wise? Defeat may be victory in disguise; The lowest ebb is…
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For Joseph

For Joseph, Who Left Too Soon by Carmen H Gray Your name means He shall add And in such an abbreviated life You have given meaning To strangers and family alike You have amplified our lives Even those who never knew you You remind us We are resolute waves Merging into one another With our…
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The Invincible Summer Within

This morning my father helped me view some things a little differently, as he always does (he has a unique way of looking at the world and I love that about him). To not see the pause in my daughter’s life as a loss or a missing out on things, but as an alternate focus…
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