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Marionette Poetry Corner

By Maggie Ramos

My feelings come across intense
yet fearful. MY STORY
Sometimes even weak. By Maggie Ramos
My feelings weaken my strength
against my will.

My story used to be in black and white
My carcass often feels the manipulation pulled Now I can share it and embrace it in color
by your strings. My story was from the past , now my story is from my present
Overwhelmed, like a true puppet; My old story will move passed on my present and into my future but my present
I lose awareness of where it begins story will always be with me at all times
and where and when it ends. My present story shall become everyone's story once it becomes shared in the
I run and run away and yet you manage to future.
pull me back.
My future at times intrigues me because I am certain I can feel it, smell it, sense
it and most of all sometimes I can even practice all the above without calling for
Like a true marionette, I leave my body it nor calling you to be part of any of these stories.
While my spirit directs my soul to your side. I am learning how to embrace you as my Best Friend. I am also learning how
I have fallen and failed again. not to feel you as a curse any longer.
I have fallen in an unfaithful gap I know the Sacred Heart Of The Lord guides my path just as he lights yours.
I have tangled in your ties

Intensity follows strength,
I am going to let go, I am going to let go
I ripped away from the strings Live Your Life
That had me stumbling By Eva Redding
At the snap of your fingers.

Live your life boldly, live it without fear
Graduate mighty not wasting a tear.
Live your life freely not missing a beat,
Watching Over Me choose wisely without giving up your seat.

By Eva Redding And when life becomes a delight,
continue to sail it with no end in sight.
And when life turns sweet,
I have called out to you before I understood the depths of your soul Rejoice in whom you will meet.
and you came to me attentively. I have cried out of the stillness of the
night and you ran to me without hesitation. But when dark clouds surround you,
You carried me around until I became as heavy as your biggest learn to take flight.
burden. You never let go of me And when others strike you,
even when your feet were numb and your skin pale from fatigue. don’t hold to it tight.

You rejoiced in each new step I took and each new song I sang. And When your friends come and go,
like a perching eagle you watched over me as our hearts became Never debate whether to stay true or foe.
one and our blood ran in unity. I turned more like you with each And when monsters steal your soul,
passing day and each passing year. let the spirit make it whole.
So I continued to run to you even when I could no longer see you,
and I continued to knock on my imaginary door even when you When good fortune joins your path,
returned nothing but silence. share your blessings with those you love.
When your wisdom makes you strong,
Like a scared sheep, I wandered in wilderness getting lost on the freely admit when you are wrong.
path we once traveled together. Inevitably, your voice became faint
and your face frozen in time. So while you sleep in your divinity, I With that being said,
live for you. While you wait in your eternity, I will come to you. Live your life boldly with no regret.

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