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  November 2022     1 month ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

Doorknob

A terrible thing happened today
You reached up and touched the doorknob
You turned it this and that way
It didn't open, but my heart stopped
Yesterday you couldn't reach up there
Your world was here on the floor
Still so much we need to share...

– by mat lawhon

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added 10 months ago
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for you

Thank God for a place called home,
the morning sun upon my face,
for moss trimmed canopy roads,
a mother's prayers, and amazing grace.
Most of all, thank God for you.

Thank God we gave her your name,
and He gave her your pretty smile.
...

– by mat lawhon

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added 2 months ago
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a simple request

me to the garden
where you grow the beautiful smiles
take me to your heart
and let me stay awhile...

– by Mat Lawhon

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added 8 months ago
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Good night Good Knight

Part three:

Was courage felled the dragon
And turned it into a mouse
That then squeaked and squealed and scurried
Back to the shadows of the house
With it took the breathlessness
Also with it took the fears
And with it took the...

– by MAT LAWHON

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added 8 months ago
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sincerely, regret

So you searched for what you could not find
How much pain from the ties that bind
Do you still believe in a love with no lines
I used to

Have you traveled far disregarding the signs
Holding tight to the light that no longer shines
Did you...

– by Mat Lawhon

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added 9 months ago
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