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I Know You.
I know you. You think you are the only one who wakes up from a disturbing dream, and sinks back into the feeling that you don’t really want to be awake today. You feel crazy when you start crying when fresh coffee cascades all over the counter. There is some kind of leak in your Continue reading
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A Field of Empty Pages
some mornings certain words try to press into me and I can barely feel them I shake off their outlines like they never meant anything though once they were air now I choke and splutter It’s always scary and amazing how that which once felt like life seems like death and some Continue reading
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I Believe in Breakfast
when I don’t know what to believe I believe in breakfast I believe the day is better when you eat real food eggs, bacon fruit, toast real butter coffee, of course I believe beginnings matter food matters despite all the changes in my mind I still know one dark day God died history paused frozen with Continue reading
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Looking For Faces
at night when I drive I become a machine I know the route so well I get stuck in a daze and find myself at point B every once in awhile I’ll come back to life and see things in the corner of my eye a lamppost becomes a person lights, a gaze at me Continue reading
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A Dozen Things I Like at 28
I recently turned 28. I was going to write this serious, reflective post, but there is too much going on in my life right now to scratch the surface of my deep emotional currents. So instead I made this list of things I find myself liking more as I get older. Enjoy the random break Continue reading
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That Bittersweet Wine
we are all on the verge of collapsing into ourselves living on a narrow shelf overlooking a chasm of despair air so thin breath is labored we fight to cling to the ledge feeling momentary panic mixed with a guilty relief when others tumble in just glad it wasn’t us being born means being on Continue reading
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This Morning’s Analysis
I came to the conclusion while walking today that the amount of effortlessly formed words is directly linked to the amount of time spent under tall trees allowing their safe branches to shelter me I discovered the desire to create is fueled by the smells of green and growth and staying indoors is Continue reading
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Rebirth Certificates
I felt a poem coming at 2 am accompanying a bright moon dramatically revealing herself an unearthly moment crashing into a mundane one as my dog relieved himself on the scrubby apartment grass I vigorously shook myself off like a mutt coming out of water all the while thinking This must be rebirth Continue reading
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What to do When the World Falls Apart
1. Turn off the news and go outside. Get lost in the woods. Or even better, your lover’s arms. 2. Be honest with yourself. If you hate the world right now, say so. Let the cynicism rise out of you, your words creating a spiritual detox until you’re drained. 3. When you are Continue reading
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I Won’t Sing Those Songs Anymore
Come Lord Jesus, Come. Let us invite him into this place. God, we want more of you. I am afraid our lyrics proclaim a distance that doesn’t exist like God is far away just waiting for us to say the right phrase then He’ll stop what He’s busy doing and descend from heaven walk through Continue reading
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Brooke Gale LouvieR 