I am a Retired Catholic Deacon, married for 43 years, three children, five grandchildren. I enjoy writing poetry and making videos of my poetry and that of others (that I approve of) I live in a small rural area called " Old Mines" in MO,55 miles southwest of St. Louis.
We are people touched by sorrow -
sometime in the past,
maybe today, perhaps tomorrow.
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I always try to envision the beauty,
the wonders and the awesomeness of life;
but also accepting the fact that
on this journey, there is, indeed, much strife.
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I don't really know -
why it happened as it did.
I just gave my prayer to God -
then you came into my heart to live.
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Give me all your tears
and I will take them to the sea
I am the keeper of all tears
for it is I who will set them free.
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In the silence of my heart, I stare out into a lonely night -
It is so dark; almost abandonment in the bitter cold,
Feelings surface without notice in my weary mind -
These are the times that I feel so very empty, lost, and old.
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