My Heritage

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Thanks for the hours-(dedicated to Connie S).

Thanks for the hours
Of Caring and sharing
Thanks for the Love and the Joy.
Thanks for the Gratitude
Your kindness and laughter.
Thanks for the moments
We spent on the phone
Thanks for the times
When you went out of your way.
Thanks for the times you stopped to pray.
Thanks for the hours
You gave with your heart
Thanks for transmitting
Heavenly love [...]

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Oh great day in the Morning

Oh great day in the morning
The baby is awake without any warning
The wood’s not chopped
The baking’s not done.
Hoping  to be ready on time
Is really not fun.
The pigs are not slopped
The cows are not fed
Oh, darn it all
I want it all to stop
I want to go back to bed.
I chose to be a farmer’s wife.
I [...]

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Beloved Traveler- My Father’s Death

Home-going of a weary traveler, a hard working man who was always seraching for Home…not knowing till the end that the “Kingdom of God is within you.”…written with respect by his daughter.

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Now I am in a new home

Now I am in a new home.
Now I am in a new place.
Now I am in this moment.
Now I am in your Grace.
My temple is a wee room.
My heart is overjoyed.
The home is full of laughter.
My body is this temple.
My new home is its heart.
With the passing of my parents
Sincerity got a kick start. [...]

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Father

You have gone to see the angels.
You have gone to see your Lord.
You have gone to be with Friends.
While you were here you helped many folks.
While you were here you shared many jokes.
Now you are healing.
Now you can mend.
Now perhaps, you can be your own Best Friend.
You built and you worked.
You laughed and you cried.
You [...]

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First flipping Father’s Day without Father

It was bad enough having Mother’s Day without Mother.
Now, just in case I did not notice he had passed
Father died Father’s week.
I am overwhelmed.
I am moving house and have purple hair.
Perhaps I am too old to care.
Perhaps I am young enough to be supportive
To those who still have their parents.
Enjoy your parents.
You picked them.

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I am now an Orphan

I am an Orphan….

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I am not your toxic waste dump

I am not your
toxic waste dump for  your pain.
You have taken from me
 the last hug, and used me for your football for the last time.
My gentle attitude is no more.
For me you do not exist.
Take your pain and shove it.

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I did not mean to hold you back

I did not mean to hold you back.
I miss you and you went home…
You went without me.
I recall when as a young child you would leave me.
I cried for hours.
I wanted to hear your voice.
I wanted to smell your hair
As you kissed me good-night.
I wanted to know you were home safe.
Well my dearly departed [...]

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