Her Laughter

Her laughter spilled into my mind
And pooled in memory
Until it overflowed the sides
To babble through the day.

poem by Daniel Nairn
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If–Revisited Again

My sorrow is unstopped
Not even God can heal me,
For 'tis His grief as well.

Hope flickers and dies
As his time grows short on earth
And the day of departure comes near
And he slips away into
Eternal darkness.

My sorrow hardens, shapes resolve:
A will that comes from God and grows
My life and purpose here are found:
To show the world its only Hope
The Love who died to bring us Life.

poem by Daniel Nairn
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The Boy with Fire in His Eyes

The boy with fire in his eyes
Stands there waiting.
It is his soul inside;
It keeps him standing.

And if ever the fire goes out,
He will freeze in the cold.
It is his heat
And all that keeps him living.

Or if it never is put to use,
It will consume him;
He will burn to the ground
His ashes left behind.

But if the fire blazes,
If kindled, kept and carried,
If the boy with fire in his eyes
Finds life inside that fire,

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poem by Daniel Nairn
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