Turn your face to the sky
Like an opening flower
Away from the dirt below
And its filthy power
Away from the self-centered
Greedy earthly fight
Look above to the love
And be filled with light
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Truth
I sense your lies
I smell them like a rotten fish
That clouds the whole fresh sun-washed shore
I hear the clanging siren noise
Above the routine traffic roar
I taste their tang of rancid fare
Disguised by gaudy sugar sweet
I see the cracks you cannot hide
Where broken bits of glued glass meet
I feel the pricks of talon claws
You are already sinking in
And I can sense beyond a doubt
That this is where the traps begin
But you don’t know that now I know
You cannot lead me down that road
I sense your lies
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Ravines
Hidden traps to fall into
Hidden walls we can’t see through
Hidden facts we didn’t know
Hidden places we can’t go
Unseen forces fighting for us
Unseen strength to do what we must
Unseen faith and hope each day
Unseen light to guide the way
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Three Ships
I saw a ship come sailing in
I thought it was for me
I rowed out in my little boat
To meet my ship at sea
When I got there, ‘twas a mirage
With nowhere for my grasp to lodge
A holographic hope collage
Fake things that cannot be
Then came a ship fast on my stern
That one was real enough
It brought great winds and stormy skies
And billowing waves so rough
All I could do was try to float
Bailing water from my boat
As pain and trials round me smote
To call my dreaming bluff
In clearing skies a third ship came
After the storm did break
From distant sea it beckoned me
To follow in its wake
It shows the way where few have gone
With guiding light it leads me on
In faith to sail through night to dawn
How e’er long it may take
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Twisted Whiskers
Unique New York, new squeak to torque
He knew she threw three free throws
We shall surely see the sun shine soon
For wetter weather gets harder as it goes
Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers
Full of yellow leather feather flight
By the worsted switch of an Irish wristwatch
We light a nightlight for a night like tonight
