Category: Poems
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The In-between
Valley to summitSummit to valleySwitchbacks in-between Blossoms to bare treesDisguised insideGrowth that is unseen Leaves swayEvenings eager to dim awayA waltz in the twinkle of an early moonlit gleam Routines pickup paceYet the ground revolts, and cascades into a listless sceneMaking rest in the in-between How It Came To Be…
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Handle
Too much to handleHands seem unfit for the task“Humble me,” I pleadAs plates shatter and clatter Withered on the groundThoughts wrinkled in time“Help me,” I beckonHis word enfolds the void Handle, He provedNail-scared, on the cross for me and youSilent he sufferedRedemption ringing through Withered in powerThe curse left in…
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In a Cage
Crashing. Clanging. Charging.Out, I want out.Change.My soul’s desire.Stuck in the cyclical cycle of the mundane.Knocking…no answer.Trying… results, none that my sight can see.Pleading…only hollow echoes.Dissatisfaction and discontentment lurking around the corner.Oh God, change my circumstances.Quiet, near silence.Ripples of tears steadily stream down. To His word I lean as my reprieve.Consolation…
Rachel Whisman 