Buxton Shippy Poems

As tightly as I held,
The moss-laden parapet,
I still feared slipping
To the assumed ground,
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My Unfading Rose,
Heal my heart
To love the least deserving,
To feed a wailing child,
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Touched by Time;
They harnessed the sun.
Now, people to people,
Pay to see.
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Bewildered and devoured
by a sea of circumstances.
My mind throttled,
braced today
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They stumbled over each other
to reach the only exit
from the dark and putrid room.
Here they had been confined
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Dear friend
I just found out
You died a terrible death
My heart sunk
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Our lives crossed paths
At work and at school
You loved the lines,
Spaces and planes.
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He became acquainted
with the spirit
at an after-party;
the disc jockey changed
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The storm, fierce and unrelenting
Still He slept in the midst of its rage.
Terrified, they begged Him:
He spoke and the storm obeyed.
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Hear o nations
The Lord is with you,
Hear o Zion
The rivers are overflowing
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