ymmiJ: Poems

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ymmiJ Feb 2024

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into decay
dead trees on forest floors
once stood so proud

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ymmiJ Jan 2024

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wanderers
we are all wanderers
wandering
among creation
we often wonder

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ymmiJ Nov 2020

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seascapes slowly slide
drifting on memory's tide
her warmth kept inside

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ymmiJ Sep 2024

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in light end fade out
along creep gray shadow lies
dark side shine bright

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ymmiJ Aug 2019

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your eyes say it all
catching glances you toss me
please don't look away

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ymmiJ May 2024

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This look at me generation
Always in the center of every situation
The alphabet ends in z

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ymmiJ Mar 2020

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in soft morning light
our worlds finally silent
I feel you say it

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ymmiJ Mar 2020

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her vision my guide
drawing me ever closer
those green eyes beckon

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ymmiJ Mar 2020

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traveling greyhound
watching nitty gritty pass
americana

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ymmiJ May 2024

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gifted foresight
without timing

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ymmiJ Mar 24

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Would you do it again
Like roller coaster rides that eventually end
Keeping that same familiar grin

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ymmiJ Sep 2020

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our path laid golden
among such lush greenery
as above below

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ymmiJ Feb 2020

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his wrath on display
swarming locusts deadly plagues
biblical some say

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ymmiJ Feb 10

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seconds move
faster as time just
ticks along

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ymmiJ Oct 2020

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choppers drool tails wag
delivery drivers ringing
pizza bone buffet

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ymmiJ Jun 2020

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people who tailgate
don't like to be

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ymmiJ May 2021

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momma bear
teaching to climb
three cubs play

another scene from the hillside in anchorage

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ymmiJ Nov 2024

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only five senses
trapped inside three dimensions
their mental prison

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ymmiJ Oct 2024

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sun sets into night
knowing her own fading light
eloquent goodbyes

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ymmiJ Jun 2020

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easy taking it
fragile handling required
a heart that’s given

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ymmiJ Mar 24

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old tree initials
aged lines etched upon our face
we change yet remain

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ymmiJ Mar 2020

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social distancing
quite the catchy new world phrase
it’s going viral

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ymmiJ Sep 2019

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plunged head over heels
down your gently sloped nature
for you i did fall

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ymmiJ Mar 2020

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master gardener
pruning each garden heirloom
till ripe for picking

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ymmiJ Aug 2024

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she lights my whole world
my every night north star
darkness without her

To my wife of 32 years.

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ymmiJ Jul 2024

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shrouded eyes open
truths light blinds their ignorance
darkness no longer

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ymmiJ Jul 2024

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light skin dark skin
where do we even begin
our red blood within
as you watch hate televised
recall what Jesus advised

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ymmiJ Sep 2019

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from my lips your name
final gasp of air for you
with you my last wish

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ymmiJ Jun 2019

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I have had plenty
only to always want more
finally found peace
in the gaze of an angel
her love my one saving grace

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ymmiJ Dec 2024

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ills accumulate
unwanted thought barnacles
attach to conscious
clinging on imperfections
that were never scrubbed away

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ymmiJ Dec 2020

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worldly view
forwardly thinking
redemption

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ymmiJ Mar 24

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main street USA
littered with cash now pawn shops
full of diamond rings

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ymmiJ Jun 2020

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mothers healing silt
filtered through earths porous skin
exfoliates her

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ymmiJ Sep 2024

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do you believe it
your mind does not decieve you
evil people do

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ymmiJ Sep 2024

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stair steps
like ticking clocks
add up

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ymmiJ Nov 2024

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wild spirits arise
along full moons' mystic tide
celestial ride

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ymmiJ Nov 2024

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flaming feathers rise
cinders among ash descends
below roots take hold

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ymmiJ Oct 2024

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I walk in their shoes
As the aimlessly pass by
many lives I've lived

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ymmiJ Sep 2024

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leaves yellow then brown
termination dust soon falls
flying vees point south

Ducks and geese getting out of dodge here.

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ymmiJ Oct 2024

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farewell sweet summer
heartbreak comes in falling tears
leaving tomorrow

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ymmiJ Oct 2024

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cubical farming
busy bees making honey
for paper money

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ymmiJ Aug 2024

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gray days pass
as any other
into night

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ymmiJ Sep 2024

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ego
stratego
let go

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ymmiJ Apr 2023

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my memory fades
in slowly abating light
welcome night
where dreams I recall
her smile above all

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ymmiJ Sep 2021

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hearts of gold
once in evergreen
fade to brown

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ymmiJ Aug 2021

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rainy day music
puddles keeping rhythmic beats
time perfectly kept

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ymmiJ Jun 2019

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last time we embraced
you gave out those big bear hugs
could sure use one now
security I recall
kept for lonely times like this

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ymmiJ Feb 7

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some dwell on matter
just seeing touching hearing
as if nothing else

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ymmiJ Dec 2024

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nighttime brings wonder
thousands of twinkling lights
one of them is red

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ymmiJ Feb 22

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river crossed
to another side
with new views