So numb
and heavy,
eyelids flutter shut
turmoil within my gut
peach scented tea
howling for me,
wafting my way
all thanks to you

Breakfast is important
that you've taught me;
It vitalizes me, your

      favorite kind of day

thank you dear for coming my way
I appreciate this sweet gesture,
you are one too kind;
won't you bring me donuts every day?

          *For you, I don't mind

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I should have been too glad, I see—
Too lifted—for the scant degree
Of Life’s penurious Round—
My little Circuit would have shamed
This new Circumference—have blamed—
The homelier time behind.

I should have been too saved—I see—
Too rescued—Fear too dim to me
That I could spell the Prayer
I knew so perfect—yesterday—
That Scalding One—Sabachthani—
Recited fluent—here—

Earth would have been too much—I see—
And Heaven—not enough for me—
I should have had the Joy
Without the Fear—to justify—
The Palm—without the Calvary—
So Savior—Crucify—
Defeat—whets Victory—they say—
The Reefs—in old Gethsemane—
Endear the Coast—beyond!
’Tis Beggars—Banquets—can define—
’Tis Parching—vitalizes Wine—
“Faith” bleats—to understand!

lost in a world of cries and commotions
disregarding dreams and fantasies
the sun and moon in constant battle
yet, what do they do
to the one who loves both?
the wildflower may bloom
in the light
but, it vitalizes
in the dark
the battle continues
this prolonged war
creating a schism
between all that is not the same
realism becomes rules
imagination is insanity
there is no longer any harmony
minds become drowned
as peace disappears
and, tranquility no longer exists

it fights infections
cleans and vitalizes lungs,
 fights virus , mullein

clusters are heart's shape
food that vitalizes heart
raisins when  dried, grapes