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Changing Course

those things that most abhor
seem to tame me
and refine my soul

they change my course
and I realign
to who I am again

sad you say this was?
sad it may have been
had it not occurred

and I had remained
the same
unchanged

by K. Arthur, a man changed again

Talking Shirts

Shirts hanging
People passing
Some ignoring
Some are gasping

Words of pain
Anger & hate
Tales of hope
Tales of tears

Offensive words
Different now
Empathizing
Understanding

Why this hurt
Unthinkable pain
To so many?
Inexcusable

Where was God?
Come bitter cries
Some pass on
Some survive

Survivors live
To tell the tale
To open eyes
A glimpse of hell

The message remains
Stop the hate
Stop the violence
Recreate

Tears welled
Heart stirred
Thoughts changed
Change occurred

Somberly written by Ryan

(Clothesline Project @ UVSC)

In a Kiss

First impressions formed
Awarenesses aroused
Looking
Searching
Toying with an idea

Blank – the slate is cleared
For the possibility of loving again

–KA

(Published Tuesday 10/04/05 1:05 AM)

If God Could Blog from Heaven

If God were a blogger in heaven and blogged his point of view
Do you think we’d see the folly of the many things we do?

He may blog of similar issues that Earth’s leaders do debate
Of rights and fights and freedoms and the union of our state

With loving words and a special font I’m sure he’d teach us how
Though the nature of the flesh is such that we often stand when we should bow

Would his domain receive a PageRank that pushed a 9 or 10?
Or would we link to other websites like Homestar and CNN?

And in our favorites and cookies would we find foremost God’s Blog
Or would those files be resigned to archives on unused server logs?

Truthfully, The Man doth speak and his words are found today
And a blog is neat, but not requisite, to hear them and obey

So bookmark now this techie’s thought of the need for God to blog
And when you think that God’s not real don’t check your server log

Just find a time to be alone, to listen and be still
And in those quiet moments you will feel your Father’s will

His love is there. His peace is real. No earthly good can ‘er replace
The power and the beauty of God’s Word to Human Race

by R. Arthur Mendenhall