Stroke After Stroke

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Sometime just sit and brush your hair

And stare

Off at nowhere

From the cool shadows or brightest sunlight 

Stroke after slow stroke, comb through the thoughts

Causing wonder or stress or no care at all

There. Calm yourself 

Heal yourself

Lay your soul bare

Flowers

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My prayer, my sisters 

Protection regardless of our own plans
Our story’s not finished yet

May eyes filled with light
Hook and tether our hearts 
And we will see who we are 

Red 

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I would give back the stars
The observer’s eyes
The galaxy’s bounty
My ev’ry step returned to me
And the Earth be flat 

Than continue seeking welcome
Convinced there be an open door
Its false promise
The brazen hearth
While black wolves surround

Solemn Vow

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Countless days and endless nights I will wait on my front porch swingless though I need it be with you in mind and goal in sight to learn the word you have to tell ‘fore I will lay me down to dream. 

The blanks

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To live in the dark shadows
At the soft end of the long, hard day

To lay in the calm 
Of the exposed, rocky underside

To linger forever
Tho’ the shoulders beg for home sweet home

To learn, though blinded
To be found in the lost of it all