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Primal Cry ~ Morning Poetry

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“Primal Cry”

by Melanie Dorsey

Some days I want to run away
Escape into tomorrow
To what I hope are better days
Put away the bread of sorrow.

An end to images and voices
And chilling disbelief
Accepting what I feared imagine
Spirit prayer for some relief.

Truly understanding
There is no one but You
With naked soul and quivering lip
Not run away, but to.

To the highest place
My feet can climb
To the deepest sea
Where I am blind.

Whether in the sun
Or darkest blue
My primal cry
Will be for You.

(photo by Linda Charlene)

“Still” ~ Morning Poetry

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“Still”
by Melanie Dorsey

I’m still here.
And that, alone, may be testament to Your Grace.

I’m still missing.
Though loss here stirs more desire to see Your face.

 I’m still singing.
Melodies and rhymes that ascend to Your Holy Place.

I’m still hoping.
Though mind and body wearies in this Earthly race.

Still, I trust.
Still, I know.
Still,You Are.

Let Love Flow.

Still.

(photo ~ by Linda Charlene)
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Awkward Places ~ Morning Prayer

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Abba,
It is an awkward place in which I sit, stand, and lie…pushing Comfort away…then tapping on its shoulder. Too confusing for Comfort? It must be and I am sorry for that.
My mind words, images and make-believe conversations rush like the Hoover Dam broke loose.
I can talk to lots of folks but they aren’t even in the room. Still, the dialogue runs like a winding road. Real and imagined phrases like stones to scramble over. Stones yet to be smoothed from water’s wearing.
But Your water will wash over me again and fill all the cracked places and natural crevices. Your friend Job ~ that scary Ancient? He called You, a “watcher of men” and was a burden even for his own back to carry.
Yes, messy man Job, the tome I feared most and mostly avoided. Now I am stuck with you in a weird place…messing around in the dark.
Oh Abba, I think my honest words are ok with you. My freshman year request is often on my lips ~ “Now let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight…”
Oh, yes, Lord! Strength. Place and person of Redemption.
My love to you this morning!
(photo by Linda Charlene)

*freshman year request – As a college student, Psalm 19:14 was our chapel benediction.

Like A Natural Woman ~ Morning Prayer

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To my Abba, who bequeathed us with intellect, creativity and choice. We have it all in an age where footpaths and sky overhead are so much less than the Garden view.
Natural man with his feel like a natural woman ate an apple and the buffet was downgraded.
But, You, You gave your heart, the Apple of Your eye. So natural man and this feel like a natural woman were rescued by spiritual man, the Son of God and Son of man.
That is the miracle. There is the healing. Manifest in the Second Mile Man. Metaphors mix in a revved up mind.
Come to the table! Come break the bread…
And I hear a young son’s voice say, “This is amazing.”
Oh Abba, when will dinner be ready? I’m famished.
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Natural Face Woman
(I always wear a necklace with my “jail house rock” pajamas.)
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2oo8 ~ at the Chinese restaurant
(How many men can say they’re able to hide in the shadow of their wife’s head?)
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Andrew sneaks in the picture again…

(After I saw this photo, I made a trip to Dillard’s to see Olga in lingerie. Oh gravity.)

Daddy Lap ~ Morning Prayer

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2/11/10
Oh Abba, dear Abba, Let me climb up in your daddy lap and cry awhile. The heart of Daddy protects and provides. That’s what I need today. For you well know the enemy of my soul seeks to sift and destroy. But, You, Daddy ~ You are on guard. You wall me in. Your hand upon my head is both my father and my mother. The maternal hand smoothes furrowed brow and whispers words in dulcet tones while Daddy’s arms are strong and gentle. So safe is Daddy’s lap for daughter.
I am yours. You are mine.
Now in His Name who fixed my way to Father, Amen.

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(photo by Linda Charlene)
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