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 Feb 2019 Lauren Ehrler
Lye
Love
What is it?
You might say that it’s something you feel
When you really care about someone
It’s a noun
A feeling
A verb, when you love someone
But really,
It’s an adjective
It describes something
It describes that
Indescribable feeling,
When you have someone
Who you can’t get out of your mind
They are always with you
Talking to you in your head
And when you look at them,
All you can do is think to yourself,
“What did I do to deserve such a beautiful human being like you?”
And in your head,
(Because they are always there)
They say,
“I wasn’t like this before. You turned me into the beautiful, loving, and most of all, happy, person I am right now, with you. Because you are me, and I am you.”
That, my friend,
Is what they would say
 Feb 2019 Lauren Ehrler
ryn
Sugar
 Feb 2019 Lauren Ehrler
ryn
Promise
and action
must go
hand in hand.


Because
sugared words
are much
too brittle.


.
 Feb 2019 Lauren Ehrler
ryn
I often see myself...

Sitting in the shade
of a lone old tree
set in the middle of a field,
on a warm, breezy afternoon.

Leaning upon the trunk,
I’d feel its gnarly bark
gently pressing into the softness
of my back.
Making it seem as though
in turn, the tree, too,
leaned on me.

As my fingers play
with the tips of grass
that grew lush around me,
I’d think of people I know.
And whom amongst them
would share this joy like I would.

I would spend many moments
concocting poetic lines in my head;
As my eyes trace the haphazard
flight of butterflies.

An occasional gust would come
and sweep up
the fragrance of nature into the air.

I inhale...

Sweetness...

It lingers strong for a brief moment
before receding into the folds
and blending in with the smell
of the earth and freshly trodden on
grass.

Such a day would only induce
calmness and peace.
Such a thought would seem too far
to grasp.
But such a dream keeps me
hoping.
Even though-out the Trials, Christ is always reaching out.
Even though all of the Good times, Christ is reaching out.
Even when We keep struggling deep in Sin, Christ is there.
Revealing Him- self to Us while He is reaching out to Us.
For Christ never gives up on Us till We die in Our sins here.
But it is always then that He shall give up on the doubters.
But it is never His doing, but it is Our doubts in the end.
That brings Him to finally Let go of not giving up on Us.
For He Loves each and everyone of Us more than We deserves.
 Jan 2019 Lauren Ehrler
Jon York
If I could have just one wish, I  would wish  

to   wake  up  every  day  to the  sound of

your breath,  the warmth  of  your lips  on  

my   neck,  the  touch  of  your  fingers   on  

my skin, and  the feel of your heart  beating  

with  mine.

You're  the  only  one  who I wouldn't  mind

losing   sleep for, the only  one who  I  never

get tired of talking to, and  the only one who 

crosses  my mind  constantly throughout the

day.

You're the only one who can make me  smile,

and  the  only  one who  without  trying  can 

change my  mood without the intention to,  the

only one  who  can  affect  my  emotions  with

every  action  of yours, and you're  the  one  I

am not afraid of loving and the only one I want

to keep in my life.

                           Sounds like love to me.
                                                             ­                      Jon York  2019
 Jan 2019 Lauren Ehrler
Jon York
Sometimes
I wonder
if love is
worth
fighting
for, but
then I
remember
your face
and I am
ready
for war.

I cannot
tell you
how many
times a
day   I
wonder
where you
are, what
you're
doing,
and   if
you're
happy.

It's agonizing -- to love someone this much and be unable to express to them... to hold so much love inside that it's eating
you alive and to be completely helpless to do anything about it.
                                                             ­                               Jon York  2019
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