All Hallow’s Eve –
Called Halloween,
When ghosts and goblins
Can be seen.
The night before
The saints are celebrated,
Pumpkins carved
Are finely calibrated.
The candy orgy
Makes you porky.
The sugar high
Makes kids fly high.
Yet still a candle
Brightly burns.
Let faith fight fear
And tricks be turned
To acts of love
To kindness bold,
To light that conquers
Fears of old.
There’s a ball of yarn
Inside my chest;
Something struggling to get out.
Don’t know what it is.
Sometimes I feel
Like a mute
Who can only
Make noises but not speech.
I had a voice once
And I will again.
Only time will tell,
Will tell, will tell
The story,
The mystery,
So well.
No one is insignificant …
As the story goes, they built a new church building and people came from far and wide to see it. They admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure-except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and jealous.
“If I am that insignificant, nobody will miss me if I quit!” So the nail then released its hold, slid down the roof, and fell in the mud.
That night it rained and rained. Soon, the shingle that had no nail blew away, and the roof began to leak. The water streaked the walls and the beautiful murals. The plaster began to fall, the carpet was stained, and the pulpit Bible was ruined by water. All this because a little nail decided to quit!
But what of the nail? While holding the shingle, it was…
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clarakatalin 
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on December 11, 2013