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David de la Croes, 19 january 2012

arsonist

I found a dead sparrow
in the bone-dry bird bath
in the garden
of the big house
where the rich people live
and I was so sad
but now I am in hiding
because last night, someone
set flame to the big house

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David de la Croes, 15 february 2013

Blessing

May peace and joy in your life abound
and that which is lost, again be found
may your feet stand firm on solid ground
and God's kind love you each day surround.

May all the dimensions of God's grace
reveal itself in every place
and allow a smile each day to trace
the inner joy of a happy face.

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David de la Croes, 15 january 2013

Forever

When I am gone and forgotten
and my existence erased
from all living memory;
when my remains
are grounded to dust
I still want something
to remain of me
even a speck infinitely small
to testify to the universe
that I have loved you.

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David de la Croes, 18 january 2013

Grace

O God, the magnitude of your love
is greater than the sum of all my fears
and the comforting warmth of your grace
evaporates a thousand seas of tears.

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David de la Croes, 14 february 2013

Valentine

I taste your sweetness in every fruit
and smell your fragrance in all the flowers
your gentle touch is like the wind and rain
and sun which soothes life's days and hours
you radiant smile is loving and kind
and each day you are my valentine!

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David de la Croes, 27 march 2013

Thank you for loving me

Thank you, my dearest, for loving me
and being there for me in times of need
and embracing me completely

with your whole being, and so tenderly
my desires with great kindness feed;
therefore I thank you for loving me.

Your love has brought me a potpourri
of pure delights, and through word and deed
you embrace my being completely.

Your love fills my soul with harmony
that I can with joy on life's way proceed;
therefore I thank you for loving me.

Your affection, with grace and beauty,
has made my life wholesome and sweet,
embracing my being completely.

From loneliness you set me free
and my heart will these words always beat:
Thank you, my dearest, for loving me
and embracing me completely!

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David de la Croes, 6 january 2012

Visitation

Last night, while you were asleep
resting your tired and sick body
I visited you in my thoughts
and danced with you.

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David de la Croes, 24 june 2013

My Plant

When I found you
you were like a plant
trampled in the mud
of your tears.

I picked you up
and replanted you
in the garden
of my love.

And I let my sun
shine on you
and my rain
nourish you.

And I watched you heal
and grow, and flowered...

Now I cannot stop
looking at you -
you are the most
beautiful thing
I've ever seen.

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David de la Croes, 24 june 2013

Grandson

You are the newest thread
in the tapestry of my life -
once neatly-patterned,
but now criss-crossed
and sig-zagged
with the vibrant strands
of your sister.

You, too, will be interwoven
into the fabric of my life
and be interlaced through
its brightness and hues
and be intricately entwined
and securely knotted
with one golden thread -
Love.