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It’s been quite some time since I posted a personal update here. I turned my site into a kind of online resume where people could read some of my poetry and take a look at my other credits as my career really takes off. However, with the new year, I’m putting together some new…
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Originally posted on Superlative Deviation: Life With Meaning, Life With Joy: ? Hello, people! I’m so glad to be back with some personal posts and literary updates. So much has happened lately, I hardly know where to begin. ? First of all, I hope everyone is safe and secure this holiday season. Please take the…
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Heaven be praised! I see the light! Grant me wisdom To stand and fight. Grant me wisdom To feel and see That blessed silence Eluding me. Grant me wisdom. Grant me hope. Let me thrive Instead of cope. And may the light within me stay United with the Endless Day. Poetry Copyright © 2018…
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Sparks fly? Of course not. Phantom slides are so ridiculous The truth is never told (Them and their monopoly.) So gullible, yet so incredulous And their houses built on shifting sands The balance of the wheel goes ‘round! Inevitable The stars are not deceived by pretense. Darkness awaits the Light Light awaits the…
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There once was a beautiful light, Sent down from the greatest of heights. Those below saw it all, And they sniffed and guffawed! But the light was still burning and bright. This gift that was sent from above, In kindness and gentlest love – And they giggled and scorned, At the colors unborn –…
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I once dreamed that there was a stranger, Who never saw love or knew laughter. Fear was all that they could see, And I saw that the stranger was me. The fear coiled tightly inside, And spewed anger, hatred, and lies. It was too thick to be seen, And it poisoned the air that…
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The ancient tune’s a’calling me Away to where so few have gone. I run to join that joyful dance With the knowledge that it’s where I belong – But how I long to share the light and love with you, To laugh and cry at all the beauty here, And to race you to the…
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The shield of safety tightly bound To that sacred edifice Refreshed, renewed by seven measured rounds Passersby must think it strange The workings of a madman of eccentric mind The wars of sorcerers know no bounds What would they think of what led him here? Rulers reward the rich in power But heaven praises those…
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So many shows – I hear the audience applaud Magic mirror, tell me what to do! You can never satisfy it. It only shows you the reflection The image is reversed Why have I stayed so long? I thought I was healing – so self-righteous! I thought I was a savior, But all I did…
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I come before You humbly As the candle flickers low With all my imperfections In this land of frozen snow. Insanity arising As we play the ageless war – I come before You humbly As the ancients did before. You Whose heart is endless, You of stained glass crystal mind Who pens the…
Ena Whiteraven 