This Passing Glance

Love knows the past

in memories clear

the greater the distance

the more love draws near

Through time with hope

a will to share

in the joy of its presence 

and the gifts it will bear

Peer into my soul

in this passing glance

here life will be music

and love be its dance

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Archie Papa...

Rise Above

I am from the grace of love

the gift of life I hold

I bring the truth between the words

in each the stories told

I am light that carries hope

to shadow fear away

I glisten wonder from the stars

or sunshine on this day

I am bold and powerful

still fragile gifts I bear

with numbers yet to count the ways

our love was made to share

I am you and we are one

in each as born from love

these wings will hold the gift until

we're free to rise above

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Spoken

And so this day has come at last

from those ahead and those since past

be in the light or shadows cast

today has come at last

If time is spent and never saved

its poverty we are enslaved

so deeply it becomes engraved

in time we never saved

So use this time you've found today

as there will be no other way

search the words you'd love to say

and hearts may speak today

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Archie Papa...

The Beacon

Let us decide what's fit to print

and here now spills the ink

may we never disregard 

what's felt for what we think

For life is long and minds will change

not all things fossil stone

emotion shares its energy

while egos sit alone

And so the words we come to share

may travel through the heart

to beacon light of love across 

where fear drew us apart

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Archie Papa...

In the Name of Love

An honor to give

these words to you

each from the heart

with hope they're blessed true

The language of souls

is spoken with care

for kindness is gifted

in each word we share

What brings us together

may lift us above

sharing these words

in the name of love

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Archie Papa...

Simple Words

These but only words

in simple ink they spill

sent to reach the heart

with love it may instill 

Cast away the reasons

the mind will gather near

care is in the name of love

and hate is named in fear

Take from me this hope

and use it long to live

keep between the simple words 

the love your heart may give

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Archie Papa...

The Beautiful Truth

From such subtle energy

in search of synchronicity 

What's held by calm simplicity

be gifted true with honesty

From either side of reality

the beautiful truth is plain to see

From chaos comes a harmony

an honest heart, a mind set free

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Archie Papa...