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"Saved" (Original Poem)

" Saved " Forgot to hit 'save' on my document. When I clicked out, off it went into the abyss of cyber space. It disappeared without a trace. Left dumbfounded, I can't believe I erased all that I'd achieved. To overlook that one mistake, an awful blunder I could make. I worked so hard! It seems unfair that it all vanished into thin air.  I wish I could go  back in time I could have saved it anytime. The option, offer always there, a simple button prevents despair. No gimmicks, gadgets just a choice. Click it while you have a voice. It's free, no strings. Accept the gift. Save it, bridge the chasmic rift. One decision's  difference ensures your  deliverance. A gift of mercy, grace and love extended by  His hand above. This poem began as a venting poem, out of my anger from not having saved a document I had been working on. However, as I wrote, the idea came to me that this is an allegory for choosing the free gift of salvation from Christ! I love how Go...

"Linen" (Original Poem)

"Linen"  Linen draped from ceiling to floor  form flowing rooms and swaying doors. Laughing, screaming, young children play with imagination all day.  First a castle, now submarine the drying sheets fit any scene.  Forest, ocean, abandoned halls, linen corridors, passages, walls.  Children race through, play hide-and-seek they tiptoe, whisper, search, and sneak. Then, with giddy shrieks, race around. Eerie linen obscures, confounds. They tear through sheets, duck under the cloth-draped palace of wonder. The dim-lit drying room allows imaginations to arouse. Drying sheets, so simple and plain yet perfectly can entertain. I was actually lacking inspiration today, so I found a 'random word generator' to try to spark it. The third word it gave me was 'linen', which reminded me of a scene in one of my books where young children play in a laundry room, where sheets are hung up to dry.  I don't know what Bible verse can relate to those poem (LOL) so I'll just...