Makalani

Ensnared Icy rain could not beat harder, nor soak more heavily than the radiant sunlight. The weight of it presses the hunching shoulders low, but not with heat. It grows unbearable – the feeling of bright and glorious sunshine – until, at last, Ariel scoots back. She rises,...

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I Doubt This vain and empty Solitude, Burdened with grief, wherein I brood, On all I lack, My mem'ry black. I doubt the world was ever good. Such brokenness lives in my soul, Of emptiness the night is full. Each whisp'ring thought A bitter draught. I doubt the...

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Always Here A hand is on my shoulder laid So gently and so firmly clasped, That when it’s there I’m not afraid Nor ever can I be dismayed For such a strength and hope are stayed Within that calming grasp. A voice within my ear does breath Its...

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Never Leave, Nor Forsake “I’m not sure.” Into darkness the shimmering eyes gaze. Far away, beyond deep shadows and ever-night. “Not sure of what?” a deep voice replies. A pause. A soft sigh. A gentle voice speaking. “Not sure . . . not sure if I’m strong enough.”...

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Never Alone A fiery energy, trembling and benumbing, coursed in her veins. It was as if the whole winds of every arctic and pole were at that moment blowing in one fierce gale through her entire being. She was cold, but so benumbed by the tremors that she...

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Northern Lights There is this presence, which known once cannot again be forgotten. The very thought or whisper of light upon a cool midnight breeze. I feel it now, as beside the dying embers of the camp fire I lay. That tingling expectancy; it calls me in a...

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A Waking Flame For my forever friend, Ash A shaft of rippling light there lies And falling bright from fire-lit skies Pierces cold and weary eyes It lifts, like waking flame. A rose like burnished gold there grows With petals white like fallen snows And softly, sweetest scent...

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Unsung Symphony Orchestral notes and chords fly echoing To a vaulted roof that resounds their notes; Each beat and measure swiftly following The ones before. The music floats Upward in ascending stairs of melody All strings, brass, winds combine in harmony The organ roars and trumpets ring The...

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