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Category: Life

An Endless Sea Of Love

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by Joe Merkle

What about me in twenty twenty-threeWhat will I do, what will I seeWill I finally conquer griefSee the light, attain reprieve Will I travel to a foreign landWill I walk along the shores of white sandOr begin to understandThe meaning of God’s demands All questions without answers nowPerhaps a visit to CuracaoOr be bold and allowMyself…

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A Breath Away To Where You Are

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by Joe Merkle

The night skyIs your lullabyWhen you rock meIn your arms — I’m free From the constant longingThe begging, imploringBarely breathing, clingingOn my knees, groveling The river of tearsEach tear, a waking nightmareMy heart pierced by Ares’s spearAs each day morphs into years Is it too much to askJust a simple heavenly taskVisit me with your death maskA…

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There Was A Time

Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by Joe Merkle

Of moments shared crystal tearsfalling all these yearsforming puddlesof all my fears slipping and slidinglike skating on iceno railing to holdit’s too damn cold there was a timebefore the tearsthere was a timeof moments shared no answers nowto questions anewseemed to be lostwithout you

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Life Is Love, Love Is Life

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Joe Merkle

Photo by Khadeeja Yasser on Unsplash During a contemplation last week, I realized how fortunate I’ve been to have been surrounded by love my entire life. I took that for granted for most of my life, not realizing how special it was. During this contemplation, I had several revelations I would like to share. When…

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You Are The Music

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Joe Merkle

I’ve played My life has been an orchestra of loveThose I’ve loved are the notes I have playedI sincerely don’t know what I’ve doneTo deserve the chance to conduct this heavenly serenade I‘ve conducted a wonderful symphony of soulsAll the sharps and flats creating a gravitational massAn inimitable universal love that unfoldsA treasure chest of love that…

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A Soul On The Wing

Posted on January 26, 2025February 7, 2025 by Joe Merkle

A puppet on a celestial string the dance of moonbeamsacross cresting waveslends to daydreamsof hopes I’ve yet to attain footprints in the sandstragglers left behindballads are sung by a heavenly bandurging me to stay aligned waves lapping at my feetI stare into a starlit skythis human form seems obsoleteits existence hard to justify I’m just…

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The Greatest Lessons In Life Are Gifts From Our Greatest Challenges

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by Joe Merkle

Think of all the experiences in your life that led you to this moment. The joys, the heartaches, the friendships, and the losses. Each one of them is a part of what makes you who you are today. But more importantly, who you will become tomorrow. Did you stop learning to ride a bike when…

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It Had To Be You

Posted on December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 by Joe Merkle

My shining light When the setting sun slithers silentlyWhen darkness dooms my daylightAnd shadows slither into my soulA satanic stain swallowing my sanity I howl to the heavensImploring, inpouring spiritual salvationHelplessly hoping for her healing heartAnd her tender, tantalizing touch It had to be you, my shining lightLighting my way home to daylightSurround me, secure…

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Out Like A Light

Posted on November 18, 2024November 18, 2024 by Joe Merkle

Making love in our dreams Laughing, exhausted, and gasping for air, we both collapsed on the couch. Playing all our old albums we danced the night away. Memories came flooding back. Our teen years and college days when we clubbed the nights away. The moment we met. When we said, “I do”. The births of…

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Each Beat Of Your Heart

Posted on October 31, 2024December 11, 2024 by Joe Merkle

Is my life’s elixir Each beat of your heartis my life’s elixirand your kisses impartan unintended strip search Your laugh lights the waythen you dance the ponya reinvented sexual foreplayso innocent and carefree You’re a treasure with no measuremy pièce de résistancean irresistible treasureyou are my soul assistant The man I am did not existyou…

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