tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56086925983164525572024-03-13T06:25:21.578-04:00Stories from the CauldronStories and Poems from the Cauldron of Inspiration by Diane Awenydd-EvansAwenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-43327447675268800232015-12-13T00:44:00.000-05:002015-12-13T00:47:01.135-05:00My Beloved...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My beloved is the bedrock beneath my feet, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Solid and steadfast, he makes my steps secure <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that I may walk my path with surety<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My beloved is the mighty oak, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that I may lean upon and rest when I am weak or weary. </span><span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a stalwart support </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My beloved is the bright star in the dark sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My beloved is the glowing coals of the hearth <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I may know warmth and safety<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And when I wake before the dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "monotype corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that I might rise and face the world with power... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-35707377219610979882015-08-03T21:49:00.001-04:002015-08-03T21:49:04.831-04:00Earth; an invocation...<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sex through which all life continues,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-70957854951500776002015-04-12T17:05:00.001-04:002015-04-12T17:08:58.675-04:00Going to Ground<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">balance an elusive sprite…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">smoke, rain and fresh cool wind danced in erratic ecstasy…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">panic blossomed within my belly…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I went to ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I knelt upon the Mother, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my hands in Her dark soil…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> sent roots into Her
depths,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">entwined them around strong solid stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">laid my body down upon Her,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shadow rose up within me, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">doubts of my place in the world…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of my purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thoughts of going to ground…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of returning to the Mother to be safe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> in the nurturing
depths of Her dark soil…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">desire to retreat to Her solidity and strength.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But I am a child of the Void…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the Void harbors no hiding
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and chaotic power <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">so I shall learn to dance on ecstasy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to hold strength of Earth within my body <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-90833669383470783552015-03-18T23:21:00.003-04:002015-03-18T23:39:22.514-04:00good enough...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You have a certain laugh when you are uncomfortable, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">when you are uneasy, w</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">hen you are nervous, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">anxious, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">feeling vulnerable </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and trying not to
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A beloved let me cry when my lover left, h</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">e tells me this </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to explain why he knows I am not all right, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">as I have tried to convince myself that I am…</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">that I will be…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As I offer up the lie to him, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">like offerings to my Gods, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">like blackberries in a bowl on the breakfast table…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to let him out of this spiral </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">before I panic and pull him under with me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">like a drowning man grasping at anything </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to stay above water…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My brain begins the litany…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">"Useless…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“No good to anyone…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The realization that no one has ever fallen in love with me…ever…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Of course they didn’t...how c</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ould they?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“What is wrong with me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“What is right…?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The shadows smell blood in the water…</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">too late now…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“H</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ave I done anything right?...</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ever?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yes, t</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">wice…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Is that enough?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“maybe…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can I remember that I am good enough?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can I convince myself that this feeling is simply my heart
expanding, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">learning, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">growing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">maybe…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can I breathe? C</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">an I breathe deeper, </span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">slower?…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can I remember that love is a gift I am capable of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I am capable?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I am good enough?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I can do this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I am strong?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I am whole?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That it will be all right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That this will pass?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That I will survive this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That this is necessary?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“maybe…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I still cannot remember anyone ever falling in love with me, a</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">nd that is all right…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">because I can remember falling in love...</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and that is good enough.</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-15971657150060177232014-12-28T21:12:00.001-05:002014-12-28T21:12:16.163-05:00Blooming...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What is this flower blooming,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">opening inside of me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each velvet petal unfolding,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">each unfolding and opening,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">one by one,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">exposing the velvet color<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of the space inside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Trying to open enough,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to empty itself, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to make enough space,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">so you will stay,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and fill it with your scent,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and the sound of your breathing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">your laughter and your voice,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with the warmth of your body,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and the smiles you give when I have pleased you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each layer unfolding outward,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">exposing the space made empty,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the space you occupy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">the space you leave behind.</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-65141584479630336632014-12-23T21:07:00.001-05:002014-12-23T21:07:24.728-05:00Oh Holy Night revised<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Holy Night…revised to reflect my hope for this world…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh Holy night, the stars are brightly shining,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is this the night Love’s Light shall return?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long lay the world in grief and darkness pining,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Til Light appears and the soul knows its worth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fall on your knees, Oh hear the voices singing,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh night Divine, Oh night of Light’s return,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh night Divine, Oh night, Oh night Divine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">May we learn to love one another,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Light is Love and its child is Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chains shall break for the slave is our brother,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And in Love’s name all oppression shall cease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">May all among us learn to live in peace,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love is the Law; Oh may it reign forever,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: large; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Oh night Divine, Oh night of Light’s return,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Oh night Divine, Oh night, Oh night Divine.</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-40679191655847593982014-11-19T22:52:00.000-05:002014-11-20T19:46:49.527-05:00Sacraments<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">Cooking is a sacred act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">I have not cooked for anyone in
years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">I have been a woman excommunicated,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">exiled from my own humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">No one breaks bread at this table, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">no one sleeps in this bed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">no one wakes to roses,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">and the scent of cinnamon,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">and blackberries <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;"><u1:p></u1:p>in a bowl on the
kitchen table.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">No one showers while I drink
coffee on Sunday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">This body, my body,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">is broken like bread,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">is made holy by your hands,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">is made sacred with your mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">Your lips, my sacraments,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">like the berries in the bowl,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">fill my mouth with the divine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">Your breath warms me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">like the breath of God,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">breathing life into this body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">Your hands bless me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">your touch makes me human,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">makes me woman,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">restores me to communion,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">with God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-23478081191963205462014-10-13T21:42:00.000-04:002014-10-13T21:42:36.650-04:00Highway...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I stand in the shadows under a dark sky, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">watching the trucks and cars drive past from left to
right, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a flat, straight highway going south. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Their lights moving past at a constant speed, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I could be ten states away by morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each moving farther and farther away from this place, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">already there are three hours behind me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is nothing to hold me here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would be ten states away by morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nothing but the pain I feel, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my anger and the desire <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to cut you open and to see you hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would be ten states away by morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I rage at you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for undoing my carefully built boxes, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and the locks I have kept in place for so long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for breaking open this heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for making me feel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I watch the lights go past,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">away from the people who touch me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">away from the pain I will feel,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and live my life, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with this heart locked safely away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will be ten states away by morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and lock up the boxes, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and be free of this heart that insists on awakening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would be ten states away by morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">but even now it fights me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to feel the pain I know is coming,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to let you push me under,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and drown if that is what I must do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would be ten states away by morning,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">but this heart binds me with its magick, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and my feet carry me back inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-19866253202485846402014-10-10T02:41:00.000-04:002014-10-10T02:41:37.089-04:00I place my hands upon your skin...<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I place my hands upon your skin, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And I feel the life in you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bright shining <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like the Sun on a summer morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It warms my skin in turn,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It seeps into my blood,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pleasure coursing through my veins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Liquid light, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Flowing through my body,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And into my bones,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Filling my belly and my brain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sinking deep into my soul,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Seeking depths
unknown,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Slipping between and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beneath the shadows,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Burning darkness into ash,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With light so bright it hurts,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like blood rushing into flesh long numb,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fire burning into a heart long cold,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I place my hands upon your skin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And I feel the light in you…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-88191388149823781322014-09-03T23:34:00.000-04:002014-10-20T20:33:38.473-04:00breaking bottles: on a day at the faire<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">breaking bottles: on a day at the faire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a twenty dollar bill handed to me with instructions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">keep breaking them until this is spent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you must break them
with intent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">you must make noise when you break them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">waiting in line with my brothers and my beloved teacher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">opening the box I keep it in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">easier than I thought it would be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">taking it out and holding it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">too easy…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I choose a white plate, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">perfect for holding the food I did not want to eat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Smiles “written in black on the smooth clean surface<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the smiles my mother wanted, for her unease with my
sorrow <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the lessons in hiding anything that makes others
uncomfortable<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I scream as I throw it against the concrete wall,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my voice is forced, awkward, so too is the action</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">no power from a body unaccustomed to such an overt act<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">next is an artifact from childhood <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my brother used to collect the round glass insulators<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my father would bring home <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">from working on the telephone lines</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that irony informed my sense of humor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">the man who taught me silence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">belonged to the Communications Workers Local</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Silence” written upon it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it takes three tries to break it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">each time I scream, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">it robs me of strength</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">too much effort towards sound that only draws attention</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">does not accomplish anything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">words have power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">written in black on objects to be destroyed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the silence of his anger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">three days of not being seen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the way he taught me to keep silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the lessons in not showing what you feel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the silence they wanted instead of truth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">no one in my family tells stories <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">no one writes poetry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">but we all keep secrets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I gave up screaming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and my body discovered strength and power <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and how to put my weight behind the action<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the bottles flying
in a graceful arch, like the crest of a wave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">crashing upon the beach</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">shattering into pieces against a wall as hard as my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with a sound like the bomb inside me exploding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">destroying that
which was written upon it in black letters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Compliance” for the years I gave away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the lies I told to keep their peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for the fights I never fought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for delivering my power into the hands of others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Fear” for the chances I never took<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for all the times I stayed timid and small<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to make everyone feel safe but me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Doubt” for the way I learned not to trust anyone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">especially not my own mind, or heart, or magick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Secrets” for the things we don’t talk about…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Shame” for depression<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for submission<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for desire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Good Girl” for never being one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for wishing I could be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for never being called one <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for wishing someone would…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">just once<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Expectations” for never really knowing what they are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for never being able to meet them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for always trying to anyway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for failing every time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ice Princess” for every blind and stupid idiot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">who ever looked at me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and decided that was what I am<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and for every time I believed them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">"Unworthy” for the
dreams that I still have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that tell me I have been judged <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that I can never
be good enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to be loved</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the last bottle in pieces <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">putting it back in the box where I keep it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">is not so easy…</span>Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-10360008455474031272014-08-31T21:22:00.003-04:002014-08-31T21:23:43.214-04:00the Coming of Winter...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Winter is coming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and you will be quitting me soon...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know this fact <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">every moment of every day...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each day the beast draws closer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with each breath, with each beat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with the fall of each night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the day becomes shorter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the darkness grows and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the silence creeps closer...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It stalks me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">watching and waiting for the moment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that moment when you will touch me for the last time...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cold silence waits for me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it waits until you are gone <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it waits for that moment <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to wrap its cold, dark silence around me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to hold me untouched, cold and silent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">all through the long dark months...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I can feel it closing in on me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and I want to scream...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No you cannot take me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am Warm and Alive!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I hold Fire inside me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But no matter how I rage against it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">no matter how hard I beat my fists against the tomb <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">no matter...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I cannot escape </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">the coming of Winter.</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-77184978437074774592014-08-16T23:48:00.001-04:002014-08-16T23:48:26.154-04:00Let me...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me laugh, let me dream; let me be a child…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me grow, let me learn; let me burn like wild…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me work, let me play; let me have some fun…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me run, let me roam; let me have freedom…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me live, let me love; let me do my thing…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">et me dance, let me give; I have a song to sing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; line-height: 24.533334732055664px;">June 1977 my first poem age 11</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-53366128525937675052014-08-13T20:21:00.000-04:002014-08-13T20:21:24.559-04:00the price<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the price we sold ourselves for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">was never the nine pieces of tarnished silver in the
kitchen drawer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">four knives, two forks and three spoons…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it wasn't the pair of used sneakers two sizes too big for
our feet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or two pairs of cast-off jeans <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and three worn-out t-shirts that we wore all week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">clean or not, ‘cause maybe they didn’t get washed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">but they were all we had to wear in January…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the greasy popcorn we ate for a week <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘cause there was nothing else in the place</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it wasn’t the broken bone <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that never healed right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘cause she couldn’t be bothered <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to take us back to the doctor…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the looks from our teachers and our classmates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that said they could see our darkness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and it made them nervous …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it wasn’t the hand that never touched our hair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the eyes that looked right through us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">like we were never</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> even there</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the words of pride that our ears never heard...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the touch we craved like addicts</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it wasn’t the anger that filled our bellies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the guilt we felt for always wanting more...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or all the things we did <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to buy oblivion instead…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it wasn’t the time we spent on our knees begging<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or the years spent
quiet, timid and small<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">trying to kill our own strength...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">locking our anger <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">fear, rage, pain and need<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">inside our bellies...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">keeping our heart encased in ice <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘til it turned stone cold and hollow <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">unshed tears freezing and falling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">building a glacier against hope...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">hoping it would die silently <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">so not to make anyone uneasy…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it was never the choices that we made<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to deliver our power into the hands of the careless…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the price we sold ourselves for <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">was the belief that we could never be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">good enough to deserve better…</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-82846753418210973522014-06-15T13:48:00.000-04:002014-06-15T13:50:22.019-04:00Lunae Memoriae<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My Lady sails through silver sky,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her pale skin, a shade of light,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She glows in brilliant radiance, my lover faire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With gentle grace she wanders through the night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her gossamer gown flows ‘round about her feet,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her footsteps leaving stardust in her path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She sings with laughter, starlight song,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her voice, a gentle shining mist,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whispering the mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her soft touch, cool as evening aire,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her kisses shimmer on my skin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gifts of music, soft and sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dancing through eternity,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My lover faire,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My Lady of sweet memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-68488613454690214492014-05-28T23:47:00.000-04:002014-07-06T18:08:19.334-04:00To the Queen of the Abyss…<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Once
upon a time, you were brilliant and beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Full
of power and blessed with privilege,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You
danced upon the stage of life, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">full-glorious
in the light, admired by all.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Desiring
all that you could see,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">All that you desired was yours.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Vain
and entitled, life was a game and you, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The
Queen, reveling in your mastery of it, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">played
with abandon and the carelessness <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">of
one who has never known the truth of sorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Confident
within yourself, and in the rightness of your power, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">you
played with your puppets <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">and
tossed them aside when the next pretty thing caught your eye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">For
the desire of some sparkling token, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You
used your power to have what you desired,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> and destroyed something of true worth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Did
you know it then? Or did you only discover it after?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Now
you stand, in your silent isolation, as cold as the corpses you left behind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hooded
and cloaked in darkness, seeing nothing, making no sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Your
grief and despair wail unceasingly, surrounding you, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">filling
your cavernous Temple of Sorrows, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">moving
upon the rushing waters swirling continuously at your feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">These
are your powers, your sorrows, your purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">These
are your children and your treasures, this sound and this temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Here
in the Abyss you reign as Queen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You
followed me for lifetimes, unseen, unknown, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">lifetimes
more have I carried you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The
time has come to bid farewell,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">But
my heart is reluctant to lose you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">For
what if, </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">without
you and your sorrow,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">my
heart is empty, </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">or I
have no heart at all?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You
have been my companion, a part of me, for so very long, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">how
do I abandon you forever?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Will
I still know myself without your sorrow in my soul?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> I must let you go, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">I
must cut the thread that binds us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Unless
I do, we will always dance together in the darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">I must
step forward into my purpose, my future, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Into
my power, and the light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You
have taught me well through time of many lives.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">My
heart and soul will remember you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">even
when I am free of your sorrow and your grief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">I
promise you that what is remembered lives.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">And
maybe someday we will dance together in
the light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-78344829642687019802014-01-24T00:02:00.000-05:002015-08-01T00:10:10.860-04:00Falling into the fire...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had a dream…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You were there, offering me all that I had
once desired…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Offering me the chance to fall …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">back into all the old patterns and habits of
my past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Offering me the opportunity to return to the
veil,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that hides me from myself and from the light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I woke knowing that I could not have you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or risk returning to the shadows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I told myself “Do not fall in love with him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He is too strong for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You will lose yourself again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Do not fall in love with him.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But it was already far too late…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I fell, Oh how I fell…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And I am falling still…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It matters not that you are not in love with
me…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or that you cannot be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It makes no difference that I am strong enough
without you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or with you, or that I am not with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or that you wear the face of God, or that He
wears yours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I no longer know which, and it no longer
matters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For I am strong enough to love a God… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and to stand in the light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I no longer need to hide behind the veil…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I can stand and fall and fall and fall…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And still I stand…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I stand in the light no matter how I fall…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The falling is no longer to be feared…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The fire inside your mind, your heart, your
soul…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sparks the flame within my own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your body sets my own on fire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And so I fall …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">into the magick of falling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in love with you…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and I stand in the light of the fire...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">even as I fall…</span>Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-30025026652724016052013-12-24T19:27:00.000-05:002013-12-24T19:27:04.831-05:00Bear<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Sleeping deep within the Mother<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">You walk the dream-time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Traveling the star-road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Through the void<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">In the forest of the otherworlds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Wisdom-stones beneath your feet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">In silence and power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Instinct mingles with intuition</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 16pt;">Finding truth and emerging into new light</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-46533696110056697362013-12-24T19:23:00.001-05:002013-12-24T19:23:32.145-05:00Eclipse<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Your
shadow passes silently over me,</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">hiding
me from the light and warmth of the sun.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">I
shiver and glow with the colour of my passion for you.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Until
the dark and shifting clouds hide you from me</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">and
I fear I shall never see you again.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Terrified
and cold.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Then
you leave me and pass by.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">And
I am bright again,</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">if
not so warm.</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-71800482012754047292013-12-10T21:27:00.001-05:002013-12-10T21:27:59.410-05:00I lay upon my bed...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I lay upon my bed, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The light turned out an hour ago, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The embers shimmer and glow inside,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The waves rolling off my skin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Light the shadows all around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I think of you and in my mind, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I hold your body close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Although my heart would be for you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A place of love and healing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My mind tells me that what you need,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Is not what I can offer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I focus on your pain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On my desire to transform<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That sharp thing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Into something else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As intense and overwhelming,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And consuming as my need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My body and my soul want you still,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even in your darkest hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To feel your force,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your frustration and your anger,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your loss and grief and despair,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pouring into me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Purged and purified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To be battered in your arms,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To feel your violence and your hope,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To feel your control,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And your abandonment of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To feel your hands around my throat,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pressed against the wall,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With no escape,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No choice,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But to surrender to your will,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And be conquered by your power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-2396307766592276722013-12-10T21:18:00.001-05:002013-12-10T21:18:36.746-05:00Requium for our cat<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Spirits of the other realm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guide our most familiar friend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When his spirit shall return<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">May he find us once again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bind us here to one another<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bind our sorrow and our grief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bind us with our love together<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Make our time of mourning brief<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lord and Lady Blessed be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To our most familiar friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-55436161305610011302013-12-10T20:42:00.000-05:002013-12-10T20:42:03.085-05:00Wishing Well Love Spell<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I cast my
wish into the Well,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And as I do
I cast this spell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I call to me
my match, my mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I call the
one who is my fate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I call to me
my own true love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">By Sun and
Moon and Stars above!</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-87636083397157220192013-12-10T20:37:00.001-05:002013-12-10T20:37:39.332-05:00Invocation to my Patron<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gwynn ap
Nudd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dark Father,
Lord of the Storm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Leader of
the Hunt, Guide of the Dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guardian of
the Cauldron of Annwfn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I come to
you in the Dark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I cry to you
in the storm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hear me and
Lead me home<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gwynn ap
Nudd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rider of the
winds, Lord of the Dark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At whose
feet my ancestors sit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I call to
you in my despair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am your
child, I am in need<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Embrace me
in my weakness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my ugliness,
my fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">hear me and
lead me home</span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-33098135457061794002013-12-10T20:33:00.001-05:002013-12-10T20:34:31.139-05:00For the Wild God<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cernunnos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Untamable Wild Spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Undeniable Force of Life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God of Carnal Pleasure and Passionate Joy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Laughter and Love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Come to me and Take me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In that place of ecstasy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where there are no boundaries to separate me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From all that you are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-66054089079893127472013-10-31T20:39:00.000-04:002013-10-31T20:39:00.094-04:00Samhaine<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We call the names<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The bell is rung<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The veils are thin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The spirits come<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We speak with them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And they with us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In perfect love and
perfect trust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our honored dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beloved guides<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Share their truth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the other side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We share our feast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And bid them well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From this mortal land<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where we now dwell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awenyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981951703672449806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608692598316452557.post-20072136108188558002013-10-05T16:08:00.001-04:002013-10-05T16:08:21.536-04:00Healing Spell<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Doubt
no longer rules my mind</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grief
no longer chokes me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fear
no longer rules my heart <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and
Loss no longer wounds me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope
and Joy and Faith and Love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These
things shall now replace them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By
Sun and Moon and Stars above</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
Spirit now reclaims them.</span></div>
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