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 Jan 2018 jovy
Butch Decatoria
A life

Worth living

Is one

Without guilt

Or doubt.
 Jan 2018 jovy
Dani
Aren’t you supposed to say
I should be myself?
I conversation I had about expression. When I asked this question my mum looked at me with such pity and sympathy.
 Jan 2018 jovy
Steve Page
And when you serve,
Start with the feet

And when you serve,
Get down low
With a towel and a water bowl

And when you serve,
Find your honour not over
But under
Not higher
But lower
Not first
But last.

So when you serve,
Don't wait your turn
But push your way
Right to the back.
Where you'll find
Nothing to prove
Nothing to hide
And nothing to loose
But your pride.

Yes, you heard,
When you serve
Observe His example:
Undo a sandal
And start - with - the - feet.
John 13:1-17
Matthew 20:25
 Jan 2018 jovy
Nicole Dawn
Mermaid
 Jan 2018 jovy
Nicole Dawn
I used to want
To be a mermaid
To live underwater
Away from the noise
From the pain
From the sorrow
The guilt
The darkness

And now that I am drowning
In all of these things
I am once again
Dreaming of being
*A mermaid
This is dumb sorry
 Jan 2018 jovy
leeannejjang
I hope
 Jan 2018 jovy
leeannejjang
You’ll find this little poem
I wrote for you.

I forgive you.
I have already forgiven you.

Let’s set each other free
From the pain of the past.

I will live happily as I am today.
So remove all the guilt in your heart.

I hope we find happiness in the roads we take.
Cause we deserve joy in the pain we encountered.
 Jan 2018 jovy
EJT
How He Will Be
 Jan 2018 jovy
EJT
He will have the kindness
That will impress
All the darkness
left behind him.
circa 10/2015
 Jan 2018 jovy
ARI
Uniform
 Jan 2018 jovy
ARI
My dad wears a uniform,
A badge and a gun.
He says goodbye to my mom
Who prays he’ll see tomorrow’s sun.

She’s gone to bed so many nights
Without him by her side.
The empty bed come morning
Makes her fear opening her eyes.

I was but seven years old
The first time I truly realized
The bad choices people make
Are the reason daddy’s friends have died.

I hate listening to the radio
And watching any news
For when disaster strikes
Policemen always lose.

They lose time with their husbands.
They lose time with their wives.
They lose time with their children.
They too often lose their lives.

Every choice you’ll ever make
Will impact someone’s day
Please don’t let tonight’s actions
Rip someone’s tomorrow away.

-ARI
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