Half Mast

I pass old glory, on my way to places we just left And last time we noted her half mast Will she ever rise above half way, tis death And how long shall it last My friend cried out bout guns...

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Home Until

There are some roads that I need not think too much,  past the first turn And at the end of what I once called home there is now a precipice But heaven has not shut the door and I no longer...

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Fishing for Sincerity

I am most thoroughly convinced of something that will affect you, and everyone But it is so much easier to keep it to myself and run Knowing that at every point we disagree, you will say it is...

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Fire Proofing

The proofing is not inside, as all that burns to ash And the standing there, convinced of not, in the furnace, but a flash Covered by material, external to myself Borrowed oversimplifies the nature...

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Brick and Mortar

Now I see through a glass dimly, but then face to face Now I know in part but then shall I also know Even as I am fully known Is my faith rational, you ask me It presupposes that I nor any other creature...

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Stress Free

If I had to eat, then I was a slave to my belly But if I stole or lied to feed Then whose slave would I be And who is the master of my greed Or has it mastered me Anxious is the heart of want, unsettled...

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Quickening

In the reading of the law, I came upon the hearing And so it goes they trembled, but I don't feel a thing I laid it down unmoved, the book upon the table I told it to be quiet, and still no angels...

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Bot a Glove

One adult and three wee bairns please, I tell the lad at the gate And for two notes he bids me enter, the lasses cannot wait I'm hit with pipes and percussion waves, my lip curls to a smile Tis...

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God in a Manger

The butt of my staff is clicking nervously upon this path, my heart and mind are one with anticipation I have seen a host of angels, and I am but a shepherd, should I proceed with trepidation "Come,'...

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Fire By Night

I thought I stepped out strong, on my own two feet Like a warrior, I pictured myself not excepting defeat Standing like a rock, when others would retreat Off to battle I marched What's this, you...

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