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Wish Upon a Star

for Topher Little boy, you don’t know Each thought (of you)  that fills my mind Like a night just after sunset A thousand stars filling the sky Each star a different memory Like summer wishes come true Each time I take a moment And think of you When I miss you most I think of those stars  and I hold on tight To each and every moment As if I was right by your side. I love you Topher! Dad 07/25/26 clc
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Open Eyes to Heaven

I fight  What’s within me  That pulls me to the dirt The lies and past reminders Those puss filled sores and hurts Opening my eyes to heaven Though I still don’t understand  How the maker of the universe  Would take notice of this small man And yet I pray  Streaming tears Lord, take away these fears That rise like a volcano Ready to spew out all my hope Storms that remind me I am never enough Oh, are you near  I beg you Please hear  my prayer. 07/20/26 clc
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Many Pieces

My heart breaks to many Pieces on the floor In this land of plenty While others are asking for more How can I find solace If my heart truly believes? While others are dying from hunger and thirst And I have all I need And maybe that’s not the bigger problem So many die without the light And I go on through my day by day Feeling like I’m in the right When I haven’t lifted a finger I can say I have, but I haven’t really tried I can stand up upon my principles Or I can lay down my life and die To the world that I embrace Have to let that go And suffer within the feeling That all I have to do is show A little more of myself To those who have none Carry the message forward My work here is not done 07/15/26 clc
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Dull Reflection

See my reflection In mirrored glass The man who stands there The one who has lasted Through every trial and tribulation Realizing beyond my gaze Through the faith I cling to One thing remains Maybe not a God of my understanding But the God who loves me so Tender arms of mercy Never letting go When I look deeply into the eyes Of the man who looks ahead Through all the tears I’ve cried I really should be dead But he anointed my soul with singing When I didn’t even have a voice Gave me wings to fly Then waited To show me how close I am to heaven Even while still on earth A word from him A gentle nudge Awakens my soul  Into his rebirth And in that mirror All that I see Is just dull reflection Of all he’s done for me 07/14/26 clc
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One Little Sheep

Take these tears Flowing down my cheeks Hold my fears As I wail and weep Where are you, God? My body weary I’ve tried to cast All my anxieties But I just can’t last Where are you, God? Hope seems faint Like cloud covered earth And all I want Is to hear your words Where are you, God? pause pray You’re in the silence I just have to stop Remind myself I’m never lost And when I wake When I rise from sleep You still cover me Your love keeps Me whole  My feelings even Like the storm you calmed Inside settles I’m never on my own One little sheep Praying to keep… 07/13/26 clc
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Dispelling the Lies

Waiting in the shadows  When we’re weak They tell us lies That eat at our humanity Push us to question why Why are we so small here? And in truth we really are But we’re not meant to dwell beyond His presence, yet we fell Into pride and worry binding  Our very insides can’t seem to break Away from what they sell us That says - you’ll never be ok And living there takes our spirit Opens up our desperate need For something greater Yet they tell us The world alone can fill please Then we’re left empty  From the hurt we thought would go away Our ‘gods’ couldn’t save us And we sink closer to the grave Until we find Peace In our mind From the only place That can hold us  Where our hope is truly found  Takes time  Even trusting the master  As we’re still living among the lies Looking up and calling out ‘Dear God, please help me find You among the chaos You among the lies You, please allow us To hear you as we cry” And in the silence - Seems he always waits unt...
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Children, Listen

Children, listen closely When the night has fallen fast In your hurting, in your wanting There is hope, look to the path That opens One step before you Then another as you come and rend  Your hearts before the savior He will touch and mend All the hurting As you grow closer Find peace amidst the storms That push at you and pull you Find strength within his arms And as others seem to waiver You press on, One step ahead Each moment you let go And raise your weary head To pray Guide my heart today. 07/06/26 clc “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
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