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See and hear other works by this writer under Amazon or Apple Music by Baker & Chambers - A Dream that Soars the Sky.
 
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Scarce Rain


Mother from one tribe

Father another

Lucky for me

a Spirit walker

between three kingdoms

with the benefits of none

On the open road

deafening hot sun

Sandstorm forbidden zone

leg trapped fallen stones

no water, seemed at the end

where bandits were known

Happened my friend,

Mohammed Schwartz.


Dropping bundles in place

He offered precious water

With a smile hiding pain

from belief with no border

past melted ancient hatreds

Honored scriptures could trace

through sparse desert rain

saw no resentment face

Like many times the same

not for kingdom or place

but a brother's concern

Spirit light to dark place.


After his long struggles

city Cathedral I pray

And feeling better this time

I remember the way

Spirit steady but scarce rain

I would see in a glance

Desert dust wind orange,

morning prayer sunlight dance

and thoughts for another

God giving day

And a gift from a stranger

I can never repay.




/b/Epicenter/b/

Miles away from the epicenter

Peace stands

Abandoned save for a handful

Of faithful believers.

Over time the feeling grows

They try to conceal

The way they feel.


Then the subject comes up

Before the surprise ending.

Someone leading the way

Who is that?

She was my next door neighbor

Everything changes and even

Grows.


Miles away from the epicenter,

Becomes over time the new epicenter

Or the mountain moves

With the faith.




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