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Dec 28, 20232 min readA Reflection | Is. 35, Ps. 63We are exiled wanderers. Our feet have grown tired from the sand and our throats are parched. In desolate dry land without water, our...
Aug 23, 20221 min readIs This Anything?If this is about nothing, is this anything? If I have no meter or rhyme, No quatrains nor envelopes, Am I still poetry? If I am not...
Apr 29, 20221 min readAs an OceanYou are a beam of light where sun and water meet. A wave, not crashing, but enveloping me, And leaving in your wake ripples of beauty...
Apr 28, 20222 min readThe Moment | The Mountain“I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” -Psalms...
Apr 13, 20221 min readOn becoming a Father; a reflectionSown the seed that hurled through my chest, and flung down deep. Whose roots wrapped in all direction so I knew that you were planted...