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“Grief sneaks up on you / It taps you on your shoulder…”
“Call that kiss, PEACE. / Call the circle, SHALOM.”
“Smell air / freshly washed by rain, admire / pink azaleas blooming in the yard.”
“a place of rebuilding / a place of peace / my destination”
“…marching in beautiful displays of disruptive light…”
“For now, all that we have / is to be together in this brokenness…”
“When I think of my mother / I still smell her butter cakes…”
“And cry to Heaven—bring them home/No soul should ever weep alone…”
A loving poem in honor of Father’s Day

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