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Lilacs, Less Than, Greater Than

Last week I passed my lilac bush and pulled down a cluster of these beautiful, purple blossoms that are such harbingers of spring and breathed in the deeply pungent aroma. The smell of lilacs has got to be the most primal of pleasant nature aromas going far back into my toddlerhood. The smell is so deeply embedded in my brain that just one deep inhalation leaves me reeling in some wonderful way with the perfection of the scent. It is...

Fear

(Written November 11, 2022) Fear Sometimes I am frightened by what is in me and what I cannot change Sometimes I am frightened by what is around me, and out there, unknown to me, that I cannot change Sometimes I hold out hope that all is not yet lost, yet I see no change Sometimes I feel too tired, there’s just been too much change But always I am human, and subject to change And my condition universal, yet particularly...

Winter Poem

Tonight, in the time it took to walk from my sheep’s feeder inside the warm house, look up at the sky, feel the air and think…I composed this poem in my mind. WINTER POEM how could it be that summer was so very long ago in the breath between yesterday and today  the familiar outdoor landmarks tainted with darkness and brevity it is as though i will never see anything truly green again ~by eileen slifer...

I Cannot Come

I seem to be in some situation where I cannot truly plan how to navigate the seemingly endless string of plaguing locusts in my situation. I mean, I plan, and plan well…however…. This morning I inwardly reflect on another day awoken to here where seemingly unnecessary things are before me, thwarting and sapping me of every bit of mental, emotional and physical stamina when I’m barely finished my coffee after a good eight hours sleep. “Lord Jesus, what do I...