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Letting Go
Read more: Letting Go“These days, these days These days I seem to think about How all the changes came about my ways And I wonder if I’d see another highway”-Velvet Underground Letting Go by Carmen H Gray Tears Not just those quiet ones That slide down your cheeks Like graceful swans The powerful, unrestrained ones That reach far…
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Infinite Night
Read more: Infinite NightAcquainted With the Night by Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.…
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I Travel Light
Read more: I Travel Light“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” -Cesare Pavese I Travel Light by Carmen H Gray In the station Bustling with distractions I glance around At my fellow travelers Heaving burdens Possessions that subjugate the possessor I look down at my own…
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Exhale to Life
Read more: Exhale to LifeExhale To Life by Carmen H Gray A rush of tears Like a deluge in the summer heat Flood my bruised heart Cleanse my mind The Great Exhale That was in a holding pattern Breathes New Life Survival Progress Tenderness Into me The swelling and pain Blue-black wound Healing Changing Into a flesh tone Of…
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Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
Read more: Hope Is the Thing With FeathersAva’s sketch book page from yesterday. Last night I dreamed that wings sprouted from my back and I was flying. The wind was crisp and cool on my face. The skies were dark, but my heart was light.