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May the fire inside … Keep the gleam in your eye Keep the vigor in your stroke or in your stride … May the last force of it's ember, ... Keep you alive! © jan leree 2012 
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Sometimes I wonder if the speed of thought is faster than the speed of light or the speed of anything. I have to tell myself, often and then some ... slow down... even tell myself to breathe sometimes. Take time, in the lap of your Maker: Solitude of sound. Solitude of mind. Going off the tube. ... Going off latitude. Going off road – to simplitude and fortitude. Lead me tracking back to You. Lead me attracted to Your point of view. My neck hurts. My everything hurts. My numbness even hurts. Bring me back to You. I need to be glue. I am completely unglued. God, You know it. You do. Bring me back to You. ©2012 jan leree 
Sometimes, in the process of my grieving ... I am racing with thoughts and words ... explanations and verbs ... when my ranting stops ... I slow to heal. Reflection: Will I ever stop talking? The words roll Like brush strokes … Fast ->->-> then slow. The words dip Like sliding down~~~~\ Into a bank of snow. The words boil Like ice On hot pavement or on steam baked tin foil The words heal Long after I stop talking, To recoil… ©2012 jan leree  |
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AuthorMy name is Jan Leree. I am a nurse, legal nurse consultant, poet and above all, mother of four wonderful adult children. I am writing here from my own life experiences, in loss, in grief, in humor and in joy. I hope that you will find encouragement to face your life's circumstances by visiting my pages here. My heart and prayers are in a place to offer encouragement to you. The rights to the poetry and photographs are copyrighted to me. If you wish to purchase cards, post cards, calendars, or framed art of my work, you may do so. Email me at: [email protected] Archives
January 2013
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