VENDOR WRITING
BETWEEN INTENTION AND RESULT
BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
REVELATION
Life goes faster when you walk past me
In this year of 2020
Not every action results in instant gratification
I’m standing there alone
When the faithful gather
It often takes long hours, weeks, or years--
Waiting for a coster of blessings
In their churches
An intermission, as it were--
Come around my head
To celebrate the Nativity
DEANA H.
JEN A.
JEN A.
Between intention and result
And to raise their voices
Think of the patience of the bird
I stand in the street
In carols of the season
As it waits from egg to empty nest
You walk by and say Hi
(Against sound medical advice
There’s a season to sow the seeds
And then as a blessing
And posing a deadly threat
And a later one to reap the fruit
You gave to me to hold
To their wider community
The mosquito drinks
Send me home with hope and I stop to do better
Of believers and those who don’t--
Before the itch commences
Not a disaster
Just because they can)
There is an interval of time
It’s cold out here
When they exclaim
Between making a committed try
I am praying you bless me with a dime or two
“O come let us adore him”
And ultimate failure
For me to survive in this hard world
They’re singing about
Between being bitten by the snake
I thank God for people like you
Jesus
And the poison crippling your heart
‘cause it makes me have purpose
Right?
Between belief in his malicious lies
I’m not alone when you stop to help
And the day democracy dies
God will bless you for my blessings We all need each other as we separate ourselves for health and maybe wealth One day I’ll be standing high One day giving generosity like you
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