Forrest Hainline Poems

Said to her one night
Do you? She said to me, no.
Ended it right then.
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Peaches in a bowl
Too tempting not to eat, but
I saved one for you
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Soundness
Left my body
There's no health in my flesh
My wounds fester because I'm
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Put a
Mouth muzzle on
Don't offend with rash words
We are all - both good and wicked -
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I wait
Upon the Lord
He makes my footing sure
Upon a high cliff I will sing
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The Lord
Will deliver
Those who help the needy
He will preserve them in time of
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Welcome
God-fashioned child
You are called to remake
A world of wonder, beauty, love
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God so loves the world
Even me - God's love is the
Very air we breathe
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As deer
Long for water
My soul longs for you God
My tears are my food as I search
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Each year I remember less
And am therefore more surprised.

Was the earth this black
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