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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2020-08-29 08:57 PM

Baptism

There are no words to offer you,
And yet this curse, a poet’s due…
To justify what I have felt,
Will lift the pen to strike the welt.

Condemnation, a solemn thing,
Whereby nothing relieves the sting;
You hear it in my pleas for peace,
Intended solely for release.

And so, what choice have I to make?
That to embrace—that to forsake?
I choose neither, thereby draw ire
Within your baptism of fire.

Where shall I stand? Where shall I go?
The ends of earth calling I know.
The trail I leave, but ash and blood,
Ever to be misunderstood.

Till day I fall in crumbled heap,
And lay these empty arms to sleep.
The image still etched deep in mind,
By which eyes have long since gone blind.

Michael Anderson

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

1 posted 2020-08-29 10:44 PM

Michael...I feel so much emotion in your words. Take care my friend...Paul

I search for release
When will this Hell set me free
A Baptism of fire may bring peace
The so called holy men really don't know me

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Starmcneil 1955
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Posts 174
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2020-08-30 10:46 AM

To write such emotional words your eyes have not gone blind...it seems to me your life has been your baptism of fire and it is time to turn to Him for the soothing baptism of His love...heartfelt, touching this soul deeply

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US

3 posted 2020-08-30 05:52 PM

Gave me the Shivers & Chills...in a Good way.

Excellent write..

Sky~

~ Cherish Everything ~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

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4 posted 2020-09-01 03:10 PM

Release comes in the form of a pen for me, Paul. The body and mind may know torment, but the spirit is ever freed.

Michael

Michael

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5 posted 2020-09-01 03:10 PM

Karen, thank you for the purity of your words. They are very much heeded, I assure you.

Michael

Michael

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6 posted 2020-09-01 03:10 PM

Sky~ thank you. I don’t accomplish chills in a “good way” very often.

Michael

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