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 Apr 2014 Nomad
M
My Body
 Apr 2014 Nomad
M
My body is a fluid thing, supple,
unwilling-to-be-controlled
not exactly lanky, because I'm not that skinny,
but well-proportioned
and not too muscular
but just muscular enough around the leg area.
My body is a fluid thing,
it matches my mind-
tall, not-cumbersome,
it flops and fits into any kind of space
flexibly curls into various positions
is comfortable changing but uncomfortable in the wrong clothes
My body is a fluid thing
I feel as though my joints are constantly shifting around
in their soft sockets
to be molded and to collapse
in a different place every time
and to relax, and form to its container
like liquid into a glass.
If my mind is fire, my body is the water
that surrounds and protects it
and seems to be perfectly matched and complimentary
to the flames that lay buried deep within my chest.
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Eddie Starr
Truth
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Eddie Starr
I learn one thing above all else, is that Christ is the only one that I cant live without.
I was in many different types of relationships with only one woman stole my heart.
But I will never ever be with her, but even her I can live without.
I care deeply for several others, but them too I will never be with.
But its Christ Jesus that I can not ever live without him my God.
Only God , for I so very desperately need him in my broken life.
I live through some very rough hopeless times in my  life.
But he has always carried me through these rough times always.
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Mikaila
My Love
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Mikaila
I know two people with your face.
One of them loves me
And one of them hates me.
I fear you
Because I never know which face
I will greet at your door.
 Apr 2014 Nomad
MaryJane Doe
Penny for your thought?
I know it's not much
But it's all I got

The air is heavy and hot
I need your touch
Too much... I can not

Are you the man I sought
I have a hunch
But it's all I got

Wants forever fought
I need you a bunch
To much... I can not

These feelings will surely rot
Becoming my much
But it's all I got

Your secrets can't be bought
Price tag reads zilch
Too much... I can not
Sorry to put you on the spot
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Jane dale
Broken
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Jane dale
Broken dreams,
Broken life,
Broken me,
Broken glass,
Broken promise,
Broken me,
Broken wing,
Broken mind,
Broken wind - ahhhh that's better :)
 Apr 2014 Nomad
betterdays
the giving of salt,
is a delicate thing.

there will always be,
salt
at my table, for those
who grieve, or have lost.

salt can be,
the smallest of things,
the merest touch of
compassionate hands,
a glance,
a memory,
a treasured photograph,
a fragrance that lingers,
even though they are not
there.

it is hard to recieve,
these gifts of salt,  
often given freely
from
a caring heart.
when all you desire
is to,
hide and fade away.

but the secret of salt
is in, the reminder,
that
for the sake of all,
you need to stay.

there is salt in crying,
salt in tears,
sometimes
there is salt
in the quiet solitude,
the contemplation of the, changing years.

there is,
little, to no,
salt
in allowing your fear
any power, 
any place.

there is much salt
in
finding the strength
to run
your allotted
marathon.

salt can heal,
the heart,
broken.
give strength
to those,
faint and lagging.
reknit,
the patchwork mind.

we will all need,
the gift of
salt....
mutiple times,
through the years,
of our life.

salt is universal,
to all manner of man.

salt is salt unto itself,
salt is ever, needful
salt is always, always kind.

yet,
still,
the giving of salt,  
is such a delicate thing
napowrimo day 12
prompt: write replacement poem
in this piece i replaced
the word comfort with the word salt
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Mike Hauser
Can't help but follow you
Wherever it is you go
I'm your biggest fan
Thought you might want to know

I watch your every move
Been everywhere you've been
That my love is just how much  
It is you mean to me

Oh, I almost forgot
So I don't cause a fright
That is my wild eye reflection
In your window every night

It's a part of what I do
A big part of my plan
As I spend my days with you
As your biggest fan

I have a lock of hair
I bought off eBay
Would you mind if I stopped by
Just to authenticate

What I bought was ***** blonde
When I know you are brunette
Though they both look good on you
On top your pretty head

Are you dating anyone
Have a love that's true
Cause I could be that special one
That special one for you

I've already been on your tour bus
That was my lipstick heart in the back
In fact right now I'm writing this
From atop the luggage rack

Remember when you looked at me
I was in the 18th row
It was like we shared a secret
That only you and I both know

That secret being I'm here for you
I know you understand
You and I were meant to be
Cause I'm your biggest fan
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Abby Lynn
A Thought
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Abby Lynn
Have you ever noticed
That some of the most beautiful things
Would go unseen
If we all wore rose-colored glasses?
Just a thought... But isn't it so painfully, beautifully true?
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Theia Gwen
He always told her
He liked the way
The moonlight silhouetted her face
And she always told him
She liked the way
He held the small of her back
When they swayed

And they had a hideaway
Where they always found each other
A park on a lake called Otisco
They'd walk and hardly notice the time
Gone by
And one day
He took a pocket knife
And carved their initials
Into the bark of a dead
Tattooed tree

They came every single day
And even though it belonged
To the community,
They felt it was theirs

And the sun rose and set
As did the moon
And they took time with them
And the soles of their shoes grew old
But this remained their spot
That they would always go
And they both wished they could
Freeze time
And lie on the grass
And memorize each line
On each others face
As they were now

And the wood on that tree
Slowly decayed
And the two lover's hearts grew old
But they were still every bit in love
With this park
With each other

And that girl
Now walks through the park alone
With tears falling down her
Wrinkled face
And she never notices the stares
And that tattooed tree had fallen months ago
She's beginning to forget
The exact lines in that boys face
Or the exact way he held the small
Of her back
And nothing scares her more
So she sits at the bench
She donated to the park
With the plaque that had
Their initials engraved
In dedication to the lovers
Who loved this park
As much as they loved each other
And she longs for the day
They'll walk beside each other again
When she makes it to the Pearly Gates
Until then, she'll just put one foot
In front of the other
Getting older with her shoe's soles
Walking in the echo
Of the love she once had
I was walking in a park today and I saw a tree with a bunch of initials engraved in it and this idea just came to me.
 Apr 2014 Nomad
Eddie Starr
My desperate plea, would be for the hurting, and struggling to be healed.
My desperate plea is for my life as ugly as it is at times to be use to reveal you God.
For others to see Jesus working in my life, then turn to him as well.
Wanting him to use all their suffering and pain , turn it into something beautiful.
To have their life transform into something very postive and goopd.
To help even more to find the only Savior that can really save,
Thus having a good life not always in this life but in the next one.
Which is the one that really matters because the next is for eternity.
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