Phyllis Strong Poems

Some people have short hair, some have long.
Some people have thick hair; some people’s hair is all gone.

Some people have black hair, some have gray.
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A crying out of the spirit
When you suppress the scream.

A poem is;
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Being unemployed, I try to find a job, just any job;
but my mind keeps going back to that thing.
The thing that's really on my heart to do.
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My bungee when I'm falling
Healing ointment for my sore
Hand behind me when I'm stalling
My buffet when wanting more.
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Don’t be mad at God,
When he decides to take me home;
Our days on this earth are numbered,
Whether they are short or long.
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Soul troubled by things out of your control.

Under a spiritual strong hold.
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It can build-up the cast down,
It can crush a heart of stone.
It can bring out the good;
In anyone who’s bad to the bone.
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Are tears considered prayers
When I don’t know what to say.
My words won’t come together;
That makes it hard to pray.
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Someone said "you're as young as you feel".
At age fifty I'm feeling grand.
Life has given me many blows;
I fell, but still I stand.
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I wrote a poem some years ago
"Are Tears Considered Prayers",
because of things so heavy on me,
I couldn't utter a prayer.
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