tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32145638699172979942024-02-06T18:28:37.969-08:00Colleen Keller BreuningColleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-63578410465122848322016-01-27T16:58:00.000-08:002016-01-29T17:00:16.748-08:00Masks and Lies<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-34313928377390778022016-01-19T16:48:00.000-08:002016-01-29T16:49:28.425-08:00Stars In The Southern Sky (A Quatern)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><u><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">Stars In The Southern Sky ~ A Quatern<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">There are stars in the southern sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">Smiling as the full moon floats by.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">There are stars in the southern sky,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">Set free from this purgatory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">There are stars in the southern sky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">Colleen Keller Breuning © 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">January 19, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span style="font-size: large;">Written in memory of Glenn Frey of The
Eagles… inspired by one of my favorite of their songs, “Seven Bridges Road.”</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-59411527566293373172016-01-11T16:28:00.000-08:002016-01-29T16:30:23.893-08:00Sing To Me of Heroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sing To Me of Heroes</span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Cold news splashed in black
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">So sing to me of heroes,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">diamond dogs and unseen
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Watch me as I close my eyes
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">diamond dogs and unseen
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Colleen Keller Breuning ©
2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">January 11, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">After having no words all
day long, these words came to me tonight…straight from my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of you who know me well know
that David Bowie was one of my favorite artists of all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work will live on in our hearts
forever. RIP Ziggy Stardust…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
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<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;">Waiting For Spring</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"> (A Villanelle)<o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Sweet sentient
beings of the sky<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Rustling
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Waiting
for spring… to dream, to fly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>A cool wind
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Telling
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Sweet sentient
beings of the sky.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Heed the
call of the lonely magpie<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Through
the valley, soft voices echo,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Waiting
for spring… to dream, to fly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Cardinals
flock and chickadees cry,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Seeking
comfort in haven of snow,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Sweet
sentient beings of the sky.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Dancers
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Stirring
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Waiting
for spring… to dream, to fly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Rest
little ones, morning is nigh.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>The
stars will guide you as you go.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Sweet sentient
beings of the sky,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Waiting
for spring… to dream, to fly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Colleen
Keller Breuning © 2016<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>January
7, 2016</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-35929165025375128922015-12-30T15:53:00.000-08:002016-01-29T15:54:57.752-08:00The Raisonneur<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Raisonneur<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Ah, distinctly I remember<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It was in the bleak
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The cold north winds would
not abate,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The raisonneur of my life’s
fate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Dark night gave way to
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A winter wonderland of
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Perched lightly on my iron
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The raisonneur of my life’s
fate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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alone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A thousand years I lie in
wait,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The raisonneur of my life’s
fate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Ah distinctly I remember<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The raisonneur of my life’s
fate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Colleen Keller Breuning ©
2015<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">December 30, 2015</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-33023113135714057112015-12-21T15:49:00.000-08:002016-01-29T15:51:04.291-08:00The Road to Resolution (A Kyrielle Sonnet)<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">The Road to Resolution (A Kyrielle Sonnet)</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roads stretch far as the eye can see,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Speeding white lines hypnotize me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Drive nonstop until morning light...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m going the distance tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All bets off in the quest for fire,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The quiet search for heart’s desire.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Eight hundred miles to set things right...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m going the distance tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emerald streaks paint the night sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Like a home dye job gone awry.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your green eyes meet mine, sparkling bright...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m going the distance tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roads stretch far as the eye can see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m going the distance tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">December 21, 2015</span><br />
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-166938060145740642015-12-16T15:01:00.000-08:002016-01-29T15:47:18.302-08:00Where Broken Dreams Go<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Still I wonder, where do
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-81662254248389712632015-12-08T14:51:00.000-08:002016-01-29T14:52:33.518-08:00Gentle Rain<br />
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<i>Listen to your heart beat softly</i></div>
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<i>as summer burns in effigy</i></div>
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<i>restless crickets voice sad disdain</i></div>
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<i>Piercing cerulean sky yields</i></div>
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<i>nimbus clouds releasing their pain</i></div>
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<i>to the rhythm of gentle rain.</i></div>
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<i>Peace beckons where green river flows</i></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-33646152622358873982015-12-01T14:43:00.000-08:002016-01-29T14:45:41.761-08:00Cloud Hopper<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The skies gleamed with crystal blue persuasion,
beckoning me to the water’s edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
stared in wonder as the seagulls frolicked and dipped into the sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wispy cirrus clouds floated by at a
leisurely pace, and I longed to touch them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A slight breeze stirred, and the crash of the breakers called
to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t have asked for a
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This is exactly what my soul needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The anxieties of life had worn me down,
my nerves were frazzled and sleep eluded me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was in search of peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God knows I would have been content to just lie in the sand,
toasting my skin to a golden brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A rum flavored cocktail topped with an umbrella is all I really
wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, and perhaps a good
book to immerse myself in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lifetime, they said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life’s too
short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go big or go home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t be a wuss…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As I stepped tentatively onto the stern of the
idling charter boat, my eyes were drawn to the name hand painted on its
hull.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Whatchamacallit.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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responded, bobbing back and forth beneath my Skechers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart beat furiously, and pit of my
stomach burned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t sure if
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The boat captain smiled broadly, thrust a life vest
into my hands, then buckled me into a harness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I held on for dear life, gripping the leather straps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Returning to the midsection of the
craft, he gunned the motor and ventured forward at a slow clip toward the
western horizon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the rushing
wind gathered beneath the colorful parasail, it puffed up like a curtain
blowing in the window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
tow rope grew longer, and my body was lifted like a balloon, high above the
aqua sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The balmy breeze kissed my cheeks as I skimmed weightlessly
across the fields of blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My chest
filled with euphoria, adrenaline pumped through my blood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I let out a squeal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this is how it feels to be a
bird!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reached out my hands to
touch the soft cotton clouds, hopping from one to the next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people on the beach below me looked
like ants, and I waved to them from my perch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pure joy coursed through my veins. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so lost in the delights of flying
that I didn’t hear the snap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
sharp jolt, and suddenly I was adrift, scaling to new heights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then as the parasail lost momentum, I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>plummeted feet first toward the
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a loud slap, and plunged underwater violently. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The impact rattled my bones, the sound shattering my
eardrums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dead silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything faded to black before my wide
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distance of the ocean depths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
swam toward it, my limbs gliding effortlessly beneath the frigid water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never before had I held my breath this
long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oddly, my lungs now were one
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In time, I rose up beyond the confines of my watery
grave to the sanctity of the cottony clouds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watched as my loved ones built a memorial on the
beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saw them wipe the tears
away, then drive off to laughter-filled gatherings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But time marches on, and misfortune tests the sincerity of
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They eventually stopped coming
to pay tribute and moved on with their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They forgot about me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arms of the maternal clouds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
daybreak spills across the crystal blue skies, my heart soars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ruffle my feathers, spread my wings
and join in with the seagulls, dipping down toward the sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-26967775995810867432015-11-24T14:39:00.000-08:002016-01-29T14:40:19.978-08:00The Finish Line<br />
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Clouds hang overhead</div>
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geese crowd the banks</div>
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when the rain starts to fall</div>
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the farmer gives thanks.</div>
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The harvest has passed</div>
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with bountiful yields</div>
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winter is fast coming</div>
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there’s frost in the fields.</div>
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Feel the push of the wind</div>
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and the bite of the cold</div>
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his skin etched with time</div>
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bones fragile and old.</div>
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But the sky won’t snow</div>
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and the sun won’t shine</div>
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no more walks in the wood</div>
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at the finish line.</div>
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See the colors dissolving</div>
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in the cold steely sky</div>
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as he crosses the threshold</div>
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with one last mournful sigh.</div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-6204735840250946682015-11-17T14:25:00.000-08:002016-01-29T14:27:38.179-08:00Des Larmes Pour Paris (Tears for Paris)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b><u>Des Larmes Pour Paris (Tears for Paris)</u></b></i></div>
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<i>It all started with just a seed of hate</i></div>
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<i>propaganda straining with the weight</i></div>
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<i>suicide bombers, lives torn apart</i></div>
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<i>as desperate screams pierce the heart.</i></div>
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<i>Day without sun, stars without night</i></div>
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<i>moon without glow, what a lonely sight</i></div>
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<i>in a river of fear all hopes drown</i></div>
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<i>as the levee comes crashing down.</i></div>
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<i>And the wayfarer never makes it home</i></div>
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<i>his spirit cast away, to forever roam</i></div>
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<i>pierced by the shrapnel, left for dead</i></div>
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<i>as the streets of Paris turn scarlet red.</i></div>
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<i>Point the finger, place the blame</i></div>
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<i>but we shall never be the same</i></div>
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<i>damage done, no turning back</i></div>
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<i>as the tower lights fade to black.</i></div>
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<i>Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015</i></div>
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<i>November 17, 2015</i></div>
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<i>Written with deepest respect, condolences and love for the victims and all affected by the Paris tragedy… never forget!</i></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-32452642391711586512015-11-10T14:21:00.000-08:002016-01-29T14:46:02.454-08:00Never What You See<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Twilight comes early in November cold</i></div>
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<i> the migrant geese cry and stake their claim</i></div>
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<i> as I walk in my solitary world</i></div>
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<i> where darkness rules and light is scarce</i></div>
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<i>and loneliness adds beauty to life.</i></div>
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<i>I have been restless for as long as I can remember</i></div>
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<i> but there is change in the air</i></div>
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<i> there is change in the wind</i></div>
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<i> fear stirs the stagnant spirit, propels it forward</i></div>
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<i>and the echo of music strikes a chord deep inside.</i></div>
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<i>Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue,</i></div>
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<i> and broken bones eventually heal</i></div>
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<i> we cross the threshold from young to old</i></div>
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<i> masking the hurt, numbing the pain</i></div>
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<i> but silence is not golden.</i></div>
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<i>So don’t jump to conclusions about the sunset</i></div>
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<i> its stark light refracting beneath cover of clouds</i></div>
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<i> hidden bruises bleeding broken indigo ink </i></div>
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<i> in beautiful streaks of mottled red and purple</i></div>
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<i>and taints the sky with mixed emotions.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Night echoes in my heavy heart<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Painted darkness, my work of art.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">My soul released with each refrain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Voices clash, intentions aground<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">When everyone has his own sound.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Sing out chorus, relieve this pain,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">My soul released with each refrain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Hope abides in blue skies and seas,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">The mountain range, the forest breeze.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Harmony restores, peace sustains,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">My soul released with each refrain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Night echoes in my heavy heart,<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">My soul released with each refrain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">October 12, 2015</span></i><span style="color: #10131a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Black
Betsy</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">I am obsessed. </span><span style="color: #fc7808; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Her hypnotic ebony eyes pull me under, taking me
to a dark place deep inside my soul. She is my greatest case study, she
stokes my male ego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resistance to
her charms proves more futile each day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">“I’m sorry.
Not tonight, Betsy.”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Tomorrow is an early
morning at the lab. With a sigh of resignation, I switch off the bedside</span><span style="color: #fc7808; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">lamp and roll over.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">But sleep eludes
me. Studies, trials, deadlines, unrelenting pressure from the
pharmaceutical company…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thoughts
tumble in my brain like an endless dryer cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Development of this breakthrough painkiller through
extracting toxins from poisonous spiders is an elephant on my back.
Success could mean fame and fortune for a lowly arachnologist like me.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"> My mind clears
as I drift off.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">She appears before
me in full glory, arms extended. The bright moon glows behind her,
bedroom curtains fluttering in the night breeze. The chilling strains of
Saint Saens fill the room. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">“Come to me, my
love. Embrace me, seal our destiny,” she whispers.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">Beads of sweat break
on my forehead. I struggle to move away, but my limbs are dead
weight. Lips paralyzed, my voicebox emits a mere faint moan.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">“No more
experiments! Now revenge is mine….”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">The music swells in
a climax. She wraps her eight arms around me, fangs descending. </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">The venom spreads
through my bloodstream like wildfire. So painfully sweet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Muscles give way to beckoning
warmth. Choking, my lungs heave to take in gasps of breath. </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">One last kiss…</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;">October 8, 2015</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Amethyst Sky<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Rain has fallen five days straight.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>The levee breaks, hope comes undone.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Tears from heaven flood the grass,<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Sparkling like diamonds in the sun.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>But it’s all right, I hear your voice<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Whispering as twilight draws nigh.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Your smile beckons from distant stars<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Twinkling in the amethyst sky.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>twinkling in the amethyst sky.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>whispering as twilight draws nigh.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Your smile beckons from distant stars<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>twinkling in the amethyst sky.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>October 7, 2015</i></span><span style="color: #10131a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-51488378492512032712015-09-28T17:15:00.000-07:002015-10-02T17:16:44.324-07:00Blood Moon<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<b><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i>Blood Moon<o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Crickets harmonize<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>a rhapsody in August,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>sweet background singers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Pregnant clouds hover<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>in crisis of confidence,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>summer rain debate.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>dissolving clouds to fine mist;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>light shines through its haze<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Earth casts dark shadows,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>aligning with sun and moon<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>in black velvet skies.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Raging with color,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Luna rises triumphant,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>on her throne of blood.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>September 28, 2015</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-60339628312366737972015-09-22T17:46:00.000-07:002015-10-02T17:50:09.195-07:00Between Black and White<div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;">
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<b><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>Between Black and White<o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Between
black and white, there lies a lot of gray.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Colors
mingle, fading away in a torrent of tears.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I was
stuck in the past, longing for yesterday…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Caught
up in a tangled web of pain and fears.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Colors
mingle, fading away in a torrent of tears,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Heart
crushed beneath an avalanche of sorrow.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Caught
up in a tangled web of pain and fears…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>The
hours slipped away with dread for tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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crushed beneath an avalanche of sorrow,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Tripping
over countless lies and a barrage of sins.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>The
hours slipped away with dread for tomorrow…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>In games
of a kid – rock paper scissors – nobody wins.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Tripping
over countless lies and a barrage of sins,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I could
no longer distinguish between truth or reality.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>In games
of a kid – rock paper scissors – nobody wins…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>When merely
breathing seems an exercise in futility.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I could
no longer distinguish between truth or reality,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Drowning
in a deep pool of denial every single night.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>When
merely breathing seems an exercise in futility…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I
lifted my head, opened my eyes to the purest light.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Drowning
in a deep pool of denial every single night,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Replaying
the tape in countless loops inside my mind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I
lifted my head, opened my eyes to the purest light…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Finally,
a place to rest and leave my troubles behind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Replaying
the tape in countless loops inside my mind,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Searching
for answers, testing the limits of my sanity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Finally,
a place to rest and leave my troubles behind…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>This
was the beginning of my quest for serenity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Searching
for answers, testing the limits of my sanity,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Learning
secrets of a dark world I didn’t want to know.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>This
was the beginning of my quest for serenity…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>With
the stark realization that I had to let you go.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Learning
secrets of a dark world I didn’t want to know,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I
slowly gained the strength to cast away the strife<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>With
the stark realization that I had to let you go…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>In
time, you healed, bringing color back into my life.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I
slowly gained the strength to cast away the strife;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>I was
stuck in the past, longing for yesterday.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>In
time, you healed, bringing color back into my life...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Between
black and white, there lies a lot of gray.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Colleen
Keller Breuning © 2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>September
22, 2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;">
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to my son Vincent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you to
all my family and friends who knowingly (and unknowingly) supported our family with
love and prayers during our journey…. I am eternally grateful. xoxo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="OLE_LINK4"><b><u style="text-underline: #10131A;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></u></b></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="" name="OLE_LINK4"><b><u style="text-underline: #10131A;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Out of My Mind</span></u></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><b><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> (A Quatern)</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>I can’t get you out of my mind,<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>All those memories left behind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>You don’t call me or speak my name...<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Leave me drowning in guilt and shame.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Lost at sea, coastline undefined,<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>I can’t get you out of my mind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Lonely echoes in drop of pin...<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Sad silence blowing in the wind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Slipping away to fields of black<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Where rogue trains jump the railroad track<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>I can’t get you out of my mind...<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Love has rendered me mute and blind.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Fires of anguish have left a hole<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Burning deep down within my soul</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><i>September 15, 2015</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-74110038449296455662015-09-06T18:39:00.000-07:002015-10-02T18:41:34.672-07:00Tattoo Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>Tattoo Me<o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></div>
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2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-30497282894304635492015-09-01T18:56:00.000-07:002015-10-02T18:56:52.154-07:00To Mingle With Shooting Stars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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stars.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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2015<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>who lost her battle with cancer…. </i></span></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-42212042186526841412015-08-26T19:07:00.000-07:002015-10-02T19:09:58.822-07:00Those Were The Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Those Were The Days</i></span></u></b><i style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica;"> </i></span></h2>
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2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-22083273526319967372015-08-19T19:11:00.000-07:002015-10-02T19:13:14.631-07:00Dance of Life<br />
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Colleen Keller Breuninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736334202387070432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3214563869917297994.post-58848148945330428542015-08-12T19:23:00.000-07:002015-10-02T19:27:57.242-07:00Falling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>August 12, 2015</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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