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 Jan 2016 Flo
Walter W Hoelbling
the real question is not
    whether god exists
but whether you believe in one
no matter which denomination

do you believe
    that there is someone
    who commands your fate
    created everything
    makes earth move and the universe
    protects the good and punishes the bad
    and will reward you after death
        according to the life you led
    with everlasting bliss
         or fiery hell eternal

or do you rather think
    that it is our responsibility alone
    to live in peace  
         not war
    protect all life
        not only our own
    and not pretend
        that hunger  sickness
        lack of water and clean air
       are simply  natural  

if you are a believer
     remember all religions
     respect all forms of life

if you are prone to think it's humans' obligation
     remember those who do believe
     may also strive  to do their best

the common goal of all
should be the recognition
     that whatsoever god
     may have created us
     would not have wished
     for our abolition
 Jan 2016 Flo
eileen
Names
 Jan 2016 Flo
eileen
Changing names
Tomorrow again

New year thing
I guess

Wonder who I'll be next...
Make my heart cold
Make it icy
I don't want to be so red
So ****** and beaten
Every time I fall too hard
And every time I bleed out
Emotion emotion emotion

It is my greatest strength
And my fatal weakness
Sometimes I wish I didn't have a heart
 Jan 2016 Flo
JP Mantler
Maybe
 Jan 2016 Flo
JP Mantler
Maybe I'm empathizing a nervousness you don't even have
Maybe I'm scared of who I really am
Maybe I'll just laugh
 Jan 2016 Flo
Tania Crocker
Calm
 Jan 2016 Flo
Tania Crocker
Calm your mind,
Change the world.

-tc.
 Jan 2016 Flo
Simon Soane
Bright
 Jan 2016 Flo
Simon Soane
The bright in your face
makes all my butterflies
come out,
it's the natural reaction to such dazzle;
so simple, so rising.
 Jan 2016 Flo
Lahela
1/1/16
 Jan 2016 Flo
Lahela
I'm trying not to hate myself.

And I'm trying not to tear everyone down with me.
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