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  Apr 16 EliMay
Peter Gerstenmaier
We can be strangers if you like
We can talk about the weather
Our silly plans for the weekend
Or how life has been kind to us
Trust me, I'm a terrific actor
You'll hardly be able to tell

We can be strangers if you like
Or at least we can pretend that
It doesn't shred us to pieces...
Have you ever come across friends and lovers that meant the world to you... and then had to act like they were mere acquaintances?
Never mind... hello there, stranger!
REPOST: written in Jan/25.
EliMay Apr 11
A world void of noise,
Of color and emotion.
The shadows dancing to the silence.
The shores flowing on a rhythmic wave.

It is you.
Your glory and presence
Wiping the soot away.
Filling sinners hearts with
Hopeful intentions.
A promise to your everlasting fortune.

A spiral of notes
Dancing in the wind
Bringing your voice to my ears
As the most beautiful symphony of truths.

The drum beating of my heart
A reminder of your blood
The sacrifice of your life
For my sins.
It is your presence
That shows me how to be the light.
The color and melodies
Of a not to distant land.
To live as you would want us
To show the love you give us
And guide those shadows to your light.
Bring the light of love to those around you!!
EliMay Apr 10
You remind me of snow flakes
Carelessly fall down
Free from the binds of your cloud
Hidden until found

Your icy kisses on my cheek
Chilling me to the bone
Yet your presence bound and beautiful
Is what tears me down
When one's love is so cold that it hurts. So distant you almost imagine it.
EliMay Apr 9
It didn't take long.
From one conversation.
From one call.
To say this three word prayer.

Please don't go.

Please don't go
When the light is out
And the sirens call.

Please don't go
As shots are fired
And the pressure to fall
Is too much

Please don't go
When your demons call
And memories flash

From friend to friend
As these terrifying words
Cross my lips
Just listen to my
Three word prayer.

Please don't go.
For my military buddies. Those who lost. Those willing to go the distance. And those who struggle with the return.

Please don't go my friends
EliMay Nov 2024
Its the matte of eyes as they grow darker
Its the widening of the pupils matching your emotion.
And the paling of one's skin ghostly and frail
The beating of the heart from a constant drum
To a stampede of buffaloes.
Your once soft hands clam up
Anxious of the fear.

The unknown feeling from Option A
"Ignoring the problem till its a brick wall"
To Option B
"Finding the easiest way out with no complete outcome of the future"

Options A to Z are unknown.
Left to the breeze pull our hair.
But the Journey to One,
Is an everlasting Freedom.

The weight lifting from your shoulders
As not knowing
Who
What
Where
And when
You are suppose to do or be.

The Journey is a cascade of love and acceptance
As you follow the one true path
Towards God

The Journey is the ease of your fear,
The anxiety slipping out of your bones,
And the promise of another day.
Follow your Journey to the One,
Jesus
EliMay Nov 2024
Everyone states that the world happens in wonderful ways
Wonderfully unknown ways.
It is this statement that gave me you.

One bored evening lead to
One long friendship.
Unknown lead to a few "Hello's"
And a future of affection.

Two broken hearts by those we loved
Lead to two Best friends.
Unknown lead to a few late night calls
And morning smiles

Three long days lead to
Three equal wants.
Unknown feelings bonded broken hearts
And hope for the future.

Four is yet Unknown but leads to
A future of hopeful Happiness.

I want to be the One who gives you Hope
I want to be the Person you need
I want to be Forever a part of your Future.
No matter what form it is.

Three wants
Two best friends
One long friendship
At the sound of "Go."
EliMay Nov 2024
Fear...
The matte of your eyes as the pupils widen and irises darken.
The frail and ghostly look washing over your skin.
A steady drum losing its tempo as it races toward the stampede of your heart.
Clamey hands clenching before letting go second later, only to repeat.

The unknown endless results from options A and B.
A. Ignore the reckless emotion as you walk wall to wall
Or
B. The first easy maze where the exit is a false hope.

C thru Z are black holes that leads to the same beginning.
Stop running.
Drop to your knees.
Bow your head.
The Lord is calling you to the Journey.
Wash your fear and sins with the blood of the Lamb
Lay down your doubts
Feel the pressure and stress ease off your shoulders
As he breaks the chains holding this endless cycle.
Follow the Journey to your inheritance.
The Jorney is a home to all
As it is the Word of God.
The body of christ as his spirit is in us,
Waiting for us to grow the seed of hope his word gives.
So reach in your soul and ask
What path is yours to follow?

The whisper in the wind answers
He calls you to
The Journey.
Welcome
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