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Month: August 2018

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Yes

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 Karen deBlieck

I held my breath when I first caught sight of you As if my soul knew I was diving deep You didn't notice me But I saw you in the crowd And my heart murmured Yes Dressed in white your smile a beacon at the end of the aisle My heart pounding in my chest.… Continue reading Yes

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Exile

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Karen deBlieck

They called me a basket child, a homeless case, drawn out from the murky waters, burnt by the family tree; she will be a flame bearer, the bathing maidens exclaimed! She will be mine, the compassionate one breathed, the rushes did not stir; did not reveal the surrogate's trail-- I wept.

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Invisible

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Karen deBlieck

Blue eyes Peer at me every week over the wooden pew I share with my husband A child's face framed by a halo of golden curls I smile but she doesn't smile back I'm certain she has never seen white teeth against brown skin in her church before Week after week I smile and her… Continue reading Invisible

Tagged church, poetry4 Comments
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Wednesday

August 1, 2018August 8, 2018 Karen deBlieck

A mere drop in the bucket Unlike Monday Which opens its great Gaping maw Its immense eye upon me Ready to swallow me Whole

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