Disciple of Christ

it takes a lot to bear your soul to the world/ never stop yourself from speaking truth

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"because I am not this body

That imprisons me"

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"hope daily for healing

try not to go insane"

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"I wish I was like you

Easily amused"

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No matter the it

Time moves on, on drop by drop

Is it a comfort?

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To reach a neww heaven, new earth

This body will pass through fire

And all that will remain is life

Amen, come Lord Jesus

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Psalm

I sing praises to Yahweh!

For He is good, His faithful love endures forever

Though my body was weak

He has healed me

Though I was in the pit of Sheol

He has lifted me up

Only do the living praise His name

And He has made me one of the living, again

This nail in my side has eased

Though I know he can bring it back

This suffering is meant to humble me

To put me in my right place

A man, created from dust, to dust I will return

But this mortal body will be raised immortal

What falls as a seed will be raised in glory

And I will shine as the everlasting sun with Him

To the unbeliever, I ask

Do you know who your savior is?

The one who rescues you from ultimate death?

To the unbeliever, I plead

Do you know that God has a name?

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Sun on my head

Cross on my side

Blessed is the life of the pearl of great price

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Friday's last reviews

Saturday's farewells

Sunday's taking flight

Here you are, once again

Straw hat in hand, sandals on well-worn feet

Rising higher to the floating world

May this prayer float upon the air to you

And this wish, for your mother:

May healing come cupped in folded hands

Motherland is what you called it,

Home is where the chakra resides

This string of hello's held together in goodbye's

"Meeting is the beginning of parting"

The passing fall,

Owls mourn,

Fishes weep,

With tearful eyes

In that still pond of lotus flowers

One departs, but many go with her

"This, here, is what scares me

I will go to it, become one with it"

And, perhaps, you will find God in the desert

From letters to footsteps, each one

Radiant, encircled, a light upon golden hair

Every word, in meter of mine

Blesses you, dear friend

I say only this:

"Bend with the wind

For it rises, teaching us how to live"

The moon is setting

Guests return home,

Some stumbling,

All raising their voices with joy;

So it is time for the master of ceremonies

With eye upon the departure door

To pen the final stanza:

"On the journey to the far north /

Follow the humble monk's path /

Return to celebrate winter's traditions /

I will have with me a pecan pie"

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Friendship

Hand in hand, cupped, open

Sharing joy and pain alike

The lotus flower

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Ordinarily

Knees go up, down, up, down, up

But this drink soothes nerves

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How grass feels underfoot

Upstairs sleeps a lady calm

Kids say, "It's Friday!"

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An old man resists draw

One tenth done, this poem resists, resists

Good smoke, five dollars

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I am become death

Destroyer of worlds

The physical sin

A reckoning for the desolate planet

Can a warring people produce peace

There is shelter in the other world

All that is seen is not what is unseen

One man, whose idol was the US Government

One man, who showed us the way

When God stands on top of earth

The judgment of living and dead

It will be an atom bomb

An atom bomb will destroy us

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Prawn fingers in, out

Loves former temptations

Dreamy, quiet, sleep

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I will take care of you

If you can take care of me

One dance

All family

I'm trying to be a better person

But the faults and cracks

Breaking through underneath

Drop bits of dust where

Gaps are filled

When I look up and see your face again

Old friend

And am reminded that you carried me once

As I carried you

I will take care of you

If you can take care of me

One love

One family

Here on earth

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In december, drinking horchata

Chatting with friends on the computadora

And my bed sheets are torn in two

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Oh I want to see so far away

Where my vision is steadier

Against the wind and my pipe