Not The Rockefellers

Image: A Musin Yohan, via Magpie Tales trouble overhead something weighing  heavy  on the mind i rise obedient under a vengeful brow pulling up my heels Raising my voice! i go back to my roots wielding my habits of comfort i walk the way of my mother singing psalms soothing the sky Rene~ June 2013 For Magpie Tales For all of my sisters

before the time of the city sun and the inescapable pull of its undoubtedly righteous and mighty shove we knew by sense the swell and flow of the seasons we stuck our fingers in the wet soil and felt the curve of the earth Rene~April 14,2013 For Magpie Tales Image: Spring, 1935 by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Today I will let go and trust in Jesus, myself, and tomorrow Armed with faith hope and love I will do impossible things boldly Rene ~ March 2013 In Memory of Jack Donaldson I just noticed that "Jack's Prayer" is my 333rd post :)

"She stared at the sun" ~ photo by Rene you once told me  you were your daddy's  favorite mistake a cute as a button  nut on a crooked  little branch on a leaning family tree you were paprika  in the sugar bowl  no one said  a damn word  scooping around the rust  stirring their tea, nodding how do you, do you, do, dear? elephants soft shoed across the dining room table no one clapped but you said, some one hollered, bring on the giraffes! home sweet half way  home Rene ~ February 27, 2013 For 100 Word Song This week's prompt: Elvis Costello's "Brilliant Mistake" Do you feel inspired? Come on and write along! It would be cool to see some Magpie folks on the Mr. Linky :)