Justin Reamer Poems

Incidents are a little crazy,
For what reason I know not,
But I guess is just this way,
For reasons I can sit and rot.
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I sit at a table,
And I remember my past,
And though it wasn't great,
There were probably those
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Oh, how wonderful
The beach is,
For it is so beautiful,
Especially to be able to
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Drawing is something special,
A version of reality,
Something that is crucial,
To those who want photography.
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Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen.
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Dear Commander at the Roman Emperor's court, you chose to be a soldier of Christ and dared to spread faith in the King of Kings-for which you were condemned to die. Your body, however, proved athletically strong and the executing arrows extremely weak. So another means to kill you was chosen and you gave your life to the Lord. May athletes be always as strong in their faith as their Patron Saint so clearly has been. Amen.
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Wondrous Saint Anthony, glorious for the fame of your miracles, you had the happiness of receiving in your arms our blessed Lord as a little child. Obtain for me from His mercy this favor that I desire from the bottom of my heart: that I may one day make peace with the enemies of my past and that I may one day find the perfect person in this world who complements me.
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O sweet Jesus, Whose overflowing charity for me is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before Your alter (in Your presence) eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries, to which Your loving Heart is everywhere subject.

Mindful alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts,
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I beg of You, my God, let me know You and love You
so that I may be happy in You.
And though I cannot do this fully in this life,
yet let me improve from day to day till I may do so to the full.
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If you want to understand
How a relationship works, my friend,
And especially if you desire
A certain man like me,
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