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Redemption

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 / THB / 2 Comments
Because of Christ, we can rise again!
Modified art from Harold Copping, Public domain.

Crimson sin, staining red;
Spotted soul, spiritually dead.
On the roadside, left to die,
Circling vultures in the sky.

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Forgiveness

March 28, 2021January 28, 2023 / THB / Leave a comment
Forgiveness brings liberation.

Around my heart with anger, I built a hardened shell;
And planted thorns of bitterness to further guard it well.
Then sat in smug depression as the persons passing by,
Unable to ever reach me, no longer stopped to try.

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Whited Wool

April 6, 2020April 23, 2021 / THB / Leave a comment
We can be made clean. Photo by Skitterphoto.

Doing laundry is such a chore.
Sort the colors? I ask what for?
Then throwing whites with red and green,
I toss them all in the wash-machine.
But all my smugness turns to dread
When all the whites go tie-dye red!

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