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Inspirational Poems

REDEMPTION

3/12/2021

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I remember the ancient days
When darkness ruled the heart
When justice deceived itself
Leaving the widows and childless
With no comfort

When the spirit of the age
Sought to correct the wrong
All day long
Placing humanity in a cage
Dressed in undefined hope
By torturing the soul

I remember too
The night you came
Offered yourself
Not some plan
To release this soul
From flesh bound hopes

It was easy to fall for you
Yet I trembled
I cried
With joy of
Your new residence
Within my living

Even now I turn away
To glitter and sway
To music screaming pain
Only to remember your arms
Ever embracing

Where can I go
There are no words
That can express your presence
Cleaning my cluttered house
All-day long shaking this body

Letting me rest
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March 12th, 2021

3/12/2021

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​When I view the morning light 
Through these eyes of joy
I rest in your arms ever so strong
And take one more brisk breath of hope
That this is the day we should announce to the world
In words so pure and sweet
That you are love itself 
Rushing into every heart
Ready to meet
Ready for the worlds to meet

Here I crash, crumble and fall
At your feet, at your feet
I begin again with but a breath
Looking at your life
Looking back at me
Here in the now
There is no greater gain
Than not sing one more frame
Of thank you
And fall again
Into your arms of rest
And rest
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Forgive Me for all the times I…

3/8/2021

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Forgot to look into your eyes 
As if I was meeting you for the first time
Or not leaning over really close
To catch your every word
Nor enjoying the warmth of you
Snuggling up within my space 
And forgetting 
You just want to be near

Yes, I have ignored you taking time out of your living
To enjoy my life
Forgive my hearing your story 
As an addendum to mine
Or ignoring your touch 
As if it were out of time
And my clamoring to be seen 
When I forgot your face

I heard your pain and saw your tears
But hid my tears for shame
Forgive me for turning my music up so loud
I could not hear myself much less 
Seeing your dancing to my tune
And see your oneness dressing my loneliness 
And for so trying to get noticed 
I forget to notice you.

I have counted my own breaths
Forgetting why I breathe
Even how I breathe
Watching your story unfold
I was too busy to see it
How it fit with mine
Then you touch me again
Ignoring the past

Forgive me for letting you
Experience the dark
All alone
Lost in it
And my not even shouting in
Nor listening for an echo
Broken by your call
Broken by your whimper

And most of all
Forgive me for not loving you

Dedicated to the Jesus who has walked with me 
in the form of Linda for 53 years
on her 76th birthday.
I love you Linda!
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    ​by Dean and Linda Chicquette

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