Monarca Rising

Tag: love

  • Grace

    “Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.” ― Aberjhani Grace by Carmen H Gray Sorrow said to me Hold me Keep me In your heart For just a little while So I kept it Hidden and safe And bestowed it With gifts Of time And in the meanwhile You said…

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  • Small Things

    “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa Small Things by Carmen H Gray A look A sigh A book A why? A word A song A cry unheard A laugh along An afterthought A shooting star A perfect spot A tiny scar A molecule A fluttering wing…

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  • She

    “There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton. She by Carmen H Gray The bright light that scintillates From you  Illuminates the book that narrates your life Glowing girl Exuberant and fierce Margarite, an ancient pearl Born of protection From assailants You are not…

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  • The Art of Mothering

    “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”-Sophia Loren The Art of Mothering by Carmen H Gray Mothering is a messy creation From the first sighs of elation To the scars borne from formation During…

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  • Climbing

      Climbing  By Carmen H Gray The air was cool and damp I surveyed the distance up to the peak Perilous rocks, slick with mist Summoned me to climb them The first rock I set my foot upon cracked Breaking into a thousand pieces Falling below me into the crevasse But you urged me onward…

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  • Retrospection

    “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens”-Khalil Gibran Retrospection by Carmen H Gray When, at the end of a day You have given…

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  • Unrestrained

    “To hell, to hell with balance! I break glasses; I want to burn, even if I break myself. I want to live only for ecstasy. I’m neurotic, perverted, destructive, fiery, dangerous – lava, inflammable, unrestrained.” ―Anais Nin Unrestrained by Carmen H Gray Unbridled you Like water, unbordered You cannot be contained Chargeless, yet charging forward…

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  • Fears Flung Deep

    “You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.”-Maya Angelou Fears Flung Deep  by Carmen H Gray Out of the Great Unsurpassed Darkness; a clouded view I find my way past The enshrouded residue Each sigh, each…

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  • Bells

    “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen Bells (for Jackson) by Carmen H Gray The chiming sound That comes from a hollowed, hallowed you Inverted from life’s spiraled bound A premature summoning To another place The space…

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  • Passages

    “Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.” ~Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens Passages By Carmen H Gray Perhaps this is where I found myself Or maybe I was fully aware Of choosing to head left Where right was the “way” to go When…

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