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My Contemplative Journey

Simple Haiku's about my time in solitude.

Lara Catherine Armstrong
Oct 31, 2016
Berea College
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My Contemplative Journey
Lara Armstrong

as we leave for ari-

zona, I say sweet sweet love, be

mine. love fully for life.


sweet sweet love, be mine

again, wholeheartedly for-

ever and maybe never.


you're never too lost

to be saved. welcome me to

you. never too lost.


steady as she go.

so maybe I should go. stea-

dy as you go-o


me, seven hour drive,

self-searching, filling the

hole, never to be full.

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