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Sometimes
Flickr cc Tanya Sometimes a crisis means the world at large is crumbling around us on the nightly news; sometimes it means only your world — or mine. Sometimes pain is physical; sometimes it’s watching...
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A Creative Little Girl
Flickr cc Lauren Manning Once there was a little girl. A creative little girl. She sketched foreign alien planets with deep craters and rocket ships made out of pencils blasting into space. She created...
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A Fable
One night an angel played her violin As Your virgin mother’s lullaby echoed in A stable Stable Like a knight, You stormed my heart Cracked Hell open so we’d never part Grateful Grateful But then my...
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Girl
Don’t show cleavage it’ll will make the boys stumble Don’t wear spaghetti straps it’ll make the boys lust Don’t bend over without bending your knees, it’ll remind the boys you have an ass Don’t wear...
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Little One
Today, Little One, I’m rejoicing Today there is no longer gay marriage And straight marriage Officially recognized marriage And debated marriage There is just love Love has won Today, Little One, I’m...
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She Has a Body
You’re a good Christian girl So you’re trying to hide your new breasts Hiding them under that thick, baggy sweater But it’s not working And you begrudge your body all the more for it Puberty is always...
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Wild Mystic
Come, Come into the forest You’ve walked that dusty path too long Come, Come into the forest That colorless track is not your home You’re a wild mystic An untamed artist An enchantress wrapped in...
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Objectify
*Could also be called “Things Girls Learn in Youth Group.” And as strange as it is, all of the metaphors are things that were actually said. The world outside the churchyard Objectifies women They said...
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Whole
Whole. Not fixed up. Not repaired. Whole. Not bandaged up. Not glued back together. Whole. Not broken. Not smashed. Whole. Not cracked. Not damaged. Whole. Not depraved. Not lost. Whole. How many times...
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You don’t have to
You don’t have to be good. You don’t need to emotionally flog your tired soul when you don’t meet your own definition of perfection. You don’t have to be right. Your theology doesn’t have to pristinely...
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Love is {on our anniversary}
Wedding day, 2013. Love is late night philosophical talks that turn into giggles. Loving is holding hands as you walk through the frozen food aisle, smiling as if you’re on your very first date. Love...
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Wild
Don’t be wild, mother warned Wild means reckless, careless Wild children are rebellious, disobedient Wild youth are addicts, failures Don’t be wild, pastor warned Wild means selfish, godless Wild girls...
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Holy Communion
“Come,” you are bidding, “come and follow me. It’s Sunday, time to worship at the shrine And enter our private sanctuary. Let us eat the holy bread, drink the wine.” With each new drop of wine my body...
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I’m Not Lost
I don’t need your yellowed maps For I’m not lost. I left the trailhead long ago In search of scorching magic, Fire, and freedom. I don’t need your midnight prayers For I’m not lost. I left the straight...
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Holy Tramp
The corner of every strange eye searches From your black hoodie that’s gradually losing its shape To the finger wearing only chipped nail polish. They’re wondering to themselves if the condom broke....
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Magic Words
Not fully. Not completely. Not yet. You no longer believe in magic words. Beautiful. Wild. Enough. Whole. Jagged words. Coarse, leathery words. Blood-dipped words. Shattered the stained-glass...
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She Said Yes
(Trigger Warning: References mass shooting) We should’ve grieved, Mourned the senseless, horrific tragedy. Parents and pastors, They should have tried to comfort us but Instead they asked, “Would you...
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Healing
I’m not broken. You’re not broken. Darling, we’re just bruised. And bruises, though painful, Can heal.Filed under: Poetry
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The Haunting Wood
I found it in the Haunting Wood. Fragile, familiar sobs reverberating In the corner of my mind Sent me searching off the trail as The voice as innocent as childhood Called me Onward. Running as roots...
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Rainbow-Soul
I’ve wanted a secret box for as far back as I can remember. One of those book-cloaked boxes that can hide...
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