Carolyn Brunelle Poems

For everything a reason
and a season under the sun;
every puzzle has its answer
that is not uniquely our own.
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Another age old story
seventeen years of nurturing
yearns to be free.
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Come into my open arms
and I’ll chase away your fears,
feed your empty aching need
and dry up all your tears.
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Everyone should care.
No one should ignore a world so
Vital and green;
Inviting and teeming with life. Mother earth
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Funny how the very ones who
say they carry the light, also
bear the responsibility for causing
most of the pain in the world.
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Life is a matter of choices
made at every fork in the road,
and none made for an easy way
to carry or lighten the load.
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The gathering was wonderful;
Laughter tasted great
Mixed with wine in the palate;
Birthdays are good reason to celebrate.
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In some force of nature
He reaches for her
Time and time again.
And time after time
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She needed and dreamed of more,
But a woman’s life was set in stone;
Marriage was judged as better
For her
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F orever it flies over the halls of justice;
R evered as beloved symbol across the land
E very heart feels humbled by her anthem.
E ach pledge made beneath her liberty and
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