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Waxing Faith

October 20, 2013
By Anonymous

I listened to the words drip from my lips
Like coins into an empty alms basket,
Each trembling before given.
Like unfinished promises into a believer’s ears,
We murmured our praises into our hands
To be carried up via smoke
Amen.
As bright colors fall from stained glass,
We shuffled through centuries of steps
Taken to give us new life.
Like the feathers of Icarus’s wings,
Our faith is sealed with wax;
But we will not fall;
We will fly.

© Anonymous

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Ultimatebookworm BRONZE said...
on Feb. 11 2014 at 11:08 pm
Ultimatebookworm BRONZE, Oceanside, California
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live long, and prosper.&quot;-Spock :)<br /> &quot;I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.&quot;-Charlotte Bronte<br /> &quot;A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.&quot;-Charlotte Bronte<br /> &quot;Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.&quot;<br /> -Charlotte Bronte<br /> <br /> &quot;The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.&quot;<br /> -Fyodor Dostoevsky<br /> <br /> &quot;It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.&quot;<br /> -Louisa May Alcott

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Great poem. "Like coins into an empty alms basket, each trembling before given." Amazing use of imagination.