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Please Hold My Hand

2021-02-282021-02-28 craig sabin

Without your hand, I try to stand,
But underneath my shoes and socks
The fickle ground just tilts and rocks,
And lands me down upon my knee,
I need your hand to steady me. Continue reading Please Hold My Hand

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Hope Has Withered Grim

2021-02-062021-02-06 craig sabin

A stranger and an exile
in a land I once called home.
The world is waning stranger
as I peer into the gloam.
My bleary eyes breathe teary cries,
as all the days wax dim.
My tender nerves have no reserves
my hope has withered grim. Continue reading Hope Has Withered Grim

Thoughts, Verse12 Comments

Regard me Kindly

2020-10-25 craig sabin

Regard me kindly, if you will,
I’m somewhat worse for wear, but still
I’m getting by the best I can,
And trusting in my Maker’s plan. Continue reading Regard me Kindly

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O, What a World

2020-10-18 craig sabin

O what a world we live in today,
Sometimes I feel like I’m melting away.
Good versus evil, the lines have been drawn,
What good can I do when I’m only a pawn. Continue reading O, What a World

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As Darkness Falls

2020-10-032020-10-03 craig sabin

As darkness falls across the land,
Lord give me grace and faith to stand,
And persevere against all odds
and never worship other gods,
Nor taste their wares nor fear their sting;
Lord may I not fear anything – … Continue reading As Darkness Falls

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Dead Letter Doldrums

2020-09-20 craig sabin

I read a dead letter the other day,
From forty years past and a world away.
Was written by someone that used to be,
To another old someone that used to be me. Continue reading Dead Letter Doldrums

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Still Falling

2020-09-102020-09-10 craig sabin

Forty years this fall I fell
in love with you for once and all
your beauty, it took my breath away.
I came to your lunch table every day, Continue reading Still Falling

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Yet I Hope

2020-08-22 craig sabin

Gray sky grips with an iron hand,
Cold rain saturates the weary land,
Despair has soaked me to the skin,
Perseverance, razor thin… Continue reading Yet I Hope

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Storm Echoes

2020-08-15 craig sabin

The storm moved in at half past eight
I crawled inside my battered tent
The shelter that it gave was scant
As rain poured through a lengthy rent… Continue reading Storm Echoes

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So Handsome and Fine

2020-08-01 craig sabin

Who is this beautiful bird that I see,
Peering back out of the feeder at me?
How is it you are so handsome and fine,
That I could just stare at you all of the time? Continue reading So Handsome and Fine

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Conspiracies

2020-07-26 craig sabin

Dark forces in play in the world today,
conspiracy theories abound.
Whatever they say, don’t walk in the way
of the fearful who cower around… Continue reading Conspiracies

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