<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">🙏<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 9, 2020, at 5:47 AM, Larry Robinson <<a href="mailto:Lrobpoet@sonic.net" class="">Lrobpoet@sonic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Passing Through<br class=""><br class="">I borrow this dust<br class="">from a lonely planet—<br class="">the earth rotting and dry,<br class="">scaffolding sent to the heavens,<br class="">wanting more.<br class=""><br class="">I borrow this heart<br class="">from a warn out soldier<br class="">sharing a victory or defeat,<br class="">lost in the questions,<br class="">lost in himself.<br class=""><br class="">I borrow these eyes<br class="">from the one who sees<br class="">beyond the surface<br class="">into the lagoon of many faces,<br class="">into the water of life.<br class=""><br class="">I hold it all, heart in hand,<br class="">visions of better days—<br class="">freer, more alive.<br class="">My longings cast on the mountain,<br class="">scattered.<br class=""><br class="">Some held back to ignite me now<br class="">as I rise through the blanket of ash<br class="">wafting through snippets of dreams—<br class="">trying to make sense <br class="">of the path I’m on.<br class=""><br class="">Consoling the losses,<br class="">encouraging the remains.<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Sherrie Lovler<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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