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  Dec 2024 Traveler
RMatheson
I ease up cautiously to the door
gently place my eye to the keyhole
see her wide-eyed innocence
looking back,  afraid.

"It's gonna be allright,"
I sing gently
her favorite lullaby.

Slide a poem
on a piece of paper
under the door.

Show her the treasures
our life together holds...
held...
will hold.

Meet her eye in peace
a gentle coaxing
at her pace.
  Dec 2024 Traveler
Whit Howland
Gleaming
pink and magnetic

we are drawn

to its  cold metallic
stature

it's the day

our Day the Earth
stood still
An abstract word painting
  Dec 2024 Traveler
Nick Moore
We all have
Out unique shape,
Smooth bits and sharp bits
Occasionally
A
Flake

A
Tiny piece of the picture,
With a vague idea
Of what it is,
We look for others
Who are a
Good
Fit

Sometimes we think
"I've found them"
Only to find,
There's a gap
In the
Join

But if you're determined,
The right fit
Is around,
The picture more focused,
Love will be
Sound

Others will notice
And ask,
"How and why?"
Invite them in
Could be a piece
Of
Sky

The picture keeps growing,
With frustrations and knowing,
Don't focus on the
Wrong fits,
Hopefully they will find
The right one

Take the long view,
Collectively you've made,
A picture worth
Admiring,
The light
And
The
Shade

A
Dream,
To keep in mind,
One day we'll all find our way,
A discovered piece of scripture,
And see the
Bigger
Picture
  Dec 2024 Traveler
Dr Peter Lim
It's a thousand things--poetry-
    like the myriad themes of a symphony
    embodying all aspects of life and human nature
    the beauty, the joy, the angst, the pain, the fever-

   mankind in search of meaning and purpose
   in its inexhaustible and unbearable thirst
   dim and deceptive is the horizon
   vision and sense of direction are stolen-

   where's the light to be found?
   Where's the firm holding ground?
   What will follow on the morrow?
   Would it be the re-visitation of joy or sorrow?

    It's the perennial role of poetry
    to remind us of our dignity and humanity
    to look squarely at the face of nonchalant time
    to reach out to the stars to live a life that's sublime
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