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Empowering Joy

A poem of gratitude

Asia Marie Lerner

Nov 30, 2016

Concord, North Carolina

Asia Lerner

In the midst of some mad writer’s block, I present to you a pantoum written a short while ago.

Empowering Joy

The joy of the Lord is my strength.

Oh what a beautiful veracity!

That my sin at any length

may be forgiven with similar capacity.

Oh what a beautiful veracity!

That any man, anywhere

may be forgiven with similar capacity

void of every worldly despair.

That any man, anywhere

may wake as the sun rises,

void of every worldly despair,

amidst Satan’s deceptive vices.

One may wake as the sun rises

bathed in radiant rays,

amidst Satan’s deceptive vices,

immersed in God’s gracious gaze.

While bathed in radiant rays

he may walk in mercy and power.

Immersed in God’s gracious gaze

he may overcome the enemy’s scour.

The joy of the Lord is my strength

while bathed in radiant rays.

I’ve often found myself, at length,

immersed in God’s gracious gaze.

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It's okay to be crazy sometimes.

You never give up on the people you love.

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Don't take shit from anyone.

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It's always okay to break down once in a while.

There's nothing that can't be solved by a shopping spree

Stay classy, even if you're pissed off.

You never need to act on your emotions.

No matter how rough it gets, it could always be worse.

Be dedicated to your own success.

And if people don't love you, that's okay.

“I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”

We have unique flirting skills.

We know how to fight back.

We pick pretty great friends.

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We each have one heck of an imagination.

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1. Leslie Knope from "Parks and Recreation"

2. Liz Lemon from "30 Rock"

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4. Olivia Pope from "Scandal"

5. Blair Waldorf from "Gossip Girl"

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