Time by Janet Muirhead Hill

Time
 
When all is said and all is done
and when the race is over,
Will we be happy that we’ve run?
Will we wish to do it over?
 
Time marches on without a care
about what we are doing.
It bothers not with when or where
or what trouble is ensuing.
 
We may be bored; we may be stressed.
We may be steeped in [...]

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More Poetry by Michael Lee Johnson

Raindrop Baby
 
I’m a raindrop baby
silhouetted in the night,
single-ringed single person
minus the 24 carat gold.
A harvester of night life,
star crystal,
a gather of sluts in my imagination,
a wild driver of the
anal sinful products of sex.
I run the highways drunk
as a skunk with his anus high in the air
in search of what I wished
or dream wild factual [...]

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Writing to overcome fear

If an author is not passionate about his or her book or story, people will not be passionate about reading it.  All my favorite books were written by authors with a purpose and a passion for a cause. Khaled Hosseini’s passion for the plight of Afghanistan and compassion for Afghani women  fill his book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and [...]

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Can we just get along?

The many minds of mortal men
Make mutual musing mockery.
Various views and vantage points
Make millions mutter “crockery.”
 
Though two men see the exact same scene,
Their interpretations differ.
And thus we have a war of minds
Which arguments just make stiffer.
 
There are those who refuse to change.
There opinions stand for seasons.
And those who curse the stubbornness 
Of those who will [...]

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Hello world!

Alone Together, formerly published bimonthly and printed in hard copy, was created to serve as forum, counselor, and inspiration for those who have a background of abuse and wish to heal from the resulting wounds.
Now moving to this online blog format, our mission is the same, to give a voice to the lonely and unheard, [...]

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