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Sonnet XVI – Time Tasting

That day shall come, too soon , notfastenough;

calendar, centering, clock, futility, mindfulness, present, time

Feeling for Switches in the Dark

Ye who are enlightened so

illuminate, light switch, responsibility

Still. Way. Too. Many. Limits.

White. European. Straight. Cisgendered. Wealthy. Males. For them – the sky’s the limit.

glass ceiling, oppression, privilege, systemic injustice

elision 202021

some will fall forward

#haiku, change, new year, same

Perplexing Theology Stress Disorder

I MUST BE DOING THIS WRONG.

earn, Love, Reformed Theology, Theology, Wesleyan Theology, works

Family Fractured?

I, ultimately, don’t get to choose.

choice, family, identity

defy the box

Sometimes fate/the Universe/God/biological determinism/behavioral conditioning shines upon you.

authenticity, binary thinking, boxes, boxing day, integrity, labels

tempore vanitatis

measure the passing of our existence

days, eternity, meaningless, pointless, time, vanity, waiting, years

God is not dead

God is not dead, nor doth He sleep

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, longfellow

bleak sufficient

Enough. Fall down!

blackout, Christina Rosetti, contentedness, enough, erasure poetry, In the Bleak Midwinter

on advent – viii

perspective is key

eternity, haiku, John 1

on advent – iii

“time” is beyond us.

#haiku, advent, time, waiting

on advent – ii

the crooked made straight

#haiku, advent, hope, Isaiah 40, Luke 3, messianic, prophecy, waiting

on advent – i

we wait and wait…and…

#haiku, advent, darkness, hope, light, waiting

Sonnet XIV – Close to the Wind

a proud sight beheld, from stern to the prow.

drydock, repair, sails, ships, shipwreck, treasure

life of crime

When I wrote It didn’t fit

formunctional

When words fall short, the form will aid

#decima, form, function, Purpose, rhyme, rhymes

Opting In – #SoCS

I still didn’t read those pages of tiny font explaining my terms of acceptance…

cruise director, happiness, Life, love boat

for what will be

Choose today to consider “why” we are blessed.

Gratitude, others, Thanks, Thanksgiving

The Perfect Fit

My clothing covered my body just fine

confidence, contentedness, fitting, triolet

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