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Scribbled Canvas
Painting Life With Words
Revealing stories longing to be told, paintings longing to be written, life longing to be changed.
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the row
It is not the pulse of the oars dragging into deep and shattering still to stir. It is not the slide that brings you forward and back,...
Apr 16, 2019


in this place
Hastening river and hushed mossy green, you, unaware of my presence, unconcerned with my adoration. My heart abundant and unscarred,...
Sep 18, 2018


reverent sky
There is a relief in having your smallness laid out before you.
Jul 6, 2018


crossing lines
He sits across from me today, I saw his story last week as well, only from a safer distance. There is sadness in his eyes, an emptiness...
Dec 6, 2017


immunity to life
Did you hear the bullets cry a hatred heart 50 lives destroyed Did you hear the the nation roar senseless acts embed our core Did you...
Oct 2, 2017


true north
As certain as the sun rises in the east and rests in the west, so assured is true north. Safely we rest in the knowing that it is He who...
Jan 28, 2017


tending love
Hearts are not made to be won taken as if by conquest by some overwhelming force. They are only made to be given away gently and freely,...
Dec 2, 2016


hiraeth
hireath (n) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostagia, the yearning, the grief for...
Sep 5, 2016


mottled truth
Sometimes life gets messy. Sometimes we or others make choices that result in a confusing muddle of emotional color, colors that bleed...
Sep 4, 2016


my arms
You curled into my arms once upon a time when tears, fears, and sleepy eyes brought you there. How I miss the warmth of your soul safe...
Aug 3, 2016


morning murmuring
Walls will find us in this life walls and fences and so many reasons to give up, give in. It is up to us, and only us, to climb them, to...
Jun 5, 2016


whispering dust
I visit her often my mother of nearly 100 years who sits in timeless pause, absent of her surroundings. Dust accumulated furniture with...
May 15, 2016


look away
The rain falls gently as night’s dampness gives birth to thirsty flowers in the park. Sleeping bodies lie upon dampened cardboard bed ...
Apr 30, 2016


the messenger
Something sacred dwells here, its message speaks…… Hands that hold hearts, gentle be your grasp, light be your touch, full be your reach....
Mar 16, 2016


the wait of love
I know not your name, but I can feel you in my chest. I know not the curve of your face, or the tone of your voice, but I already love...
Jan 20, 2016


another year
Here it lies before us - another year, unturned pages linen stark white, preface and epilogue and we, the scribes. What will we...
Jan 1, 2016


seasons fall
In the autumn of life when leaves cling fiercely to each other aware of the imminent fall to winter, I reach for your hand. Snowfall...
Nov 18, 2015


seasons
Autumn is painting change everywhere, And I, a season of my own.
Sep 30, 2015


i am...
Days, moments, years… clock movements interrupted or oiled by people, events, choices, and the inner voice that speaks my name ...
Aug 17, 2015


i will wait
If you want to be like me, I will guide you. If you want to be different, I will wait. ~ God #Faith #lifelearning
Jul 11, 2015
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