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The Quiet Rhythm
— Learning as We Go — We move through life with open hearts,dancing through moments we don’t fully understand,understand that… READ MORE
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Whispers of Younger Days
— Where Innocence Still Lives — Laughter echoes across endless playgrounds,playgrounds that still live quietly in our memory,memory carrying the… READ MORE
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Before the Leaving
— Boys of Fire and Freedom — Boys like wildfire, burning with untamed spirit,spirit that refused to ever stand still,still… READ MORE
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She, Like Starlight
— Strength in Her Quiet Glow — She danced amidst the stars,stars that seemed to move with her grace,grace that… READ MORE
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Fading Recall
Your sight drifts away,like a bird in distant sky—I reach through the haze.Once bright moments lose their shape,names and faces… READ MORE
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My Mary Poppins
Unlocking My Spirit In dreams of whimsical tales, I’m lost—A world where magic reigns, uncrossed.Where Mary Poppins, so dear, resides,With… READ MORE
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The Sound of Music
Over the Hills We Go Seven voices bright,von Trapp children, hand in hand,Maria beside—Captain stands so tall, yet gentle,love has… READ MORE
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The Boy Writes from Within
This image captures me at sixteen, a year into my time with the Junior Leaders. Even then, I found myself… READ MORE
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Cast Into the Living Tide
Dawn doesn’t knock.It breathes—slow, silver. He’s already there.Boots in mud.Hands remembering. He casts—not just a line,but a life—wide into the… READ MORE
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More Than— What I Hold
A box—they say—is just a box. Lid.Clasp.Edges that close. But listen— 📦 I keep things.Not just objects—stories. Secrets that refuse… READ MORE
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Reflections on Life
Self‑Discovery and Identity — “What Was and What Will Be”
“I spent my youth chasing the future.
Now I sit with coffee and watch—
others run toward theirs.”“The young chase tomorrow with urgency; the old watch it arrive —
By Paul Baldry (LongJohn)
with patience.”
Poetry of Life 