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See ya 🤞🏼 by @calebruney

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3 months ago

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. by @calebruney

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8 months ago

somuchlove.lovedsomuch by @calebruney

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9 months ago

see u space cowboy…. by @calebruney

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10 months ago

milly rock tomfoolery by @calebruney

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10 months ago

here, there, and everywhere by @calebruney

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WHITMAN: “O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?”

KEATING: Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? by @calebruney

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a year ago

there are mornings when you rise confidently
fry the eggs
sizzle the bacon
toast the bread
and tackle your day.

the go-getter afternoons
with the hustle and bustle of life whizzing by you.
confusion and chaos
timeliness and triumph
productivity and perseverance

then there are the solemn, quiet nights where your feelings overflow like a hurricane
staring up at the ceiling in a conscious dream
tears crawling down your face
with tender, moving memories of life on tape ~

you jump to screaming bells, fumbling for snooze
clamber out of bed
slap on some deodorant
reach in the pantry for whole oats
and grind it out for the rest of the day

ravenous and angry, your mind can’t escape last night
you silently crunch on some chips
mumble something to your co-worker
and refuse to open yourself up to anybody.

you crawl on the sofa, and watch tv. distracting yourself from what’s been bothering you all day.
you play music, trying to drown out your conscious
but none of it works.
crying yet again, you are left wretched,
waiting for the rising dawn that lends itself to pure joy
if such a dawn will ever rise again.

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A poem I wrote and rediscovered in my notes app
Circa 2019 by @calebruney

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25’s theme: relentlessness for righteousness by @calebruney

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2 years ago

if ur reading this, ily by @calebruney

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2 years ago

I sprawl my arms across the length of the piano and lean against the front. My back aches from poor posture, my heart aches from poor posture. Suffering is apart of living for Christ, but what about self-induced suffering? Wounds cut with my own knife, knowingly scarring my flesh.   The seducing appeal to drum up my own lovableness to Christ. My holy routine in prayer and scripture will carry me into His arms surely. I’ve already tried the blood - it’s too simple - and I’ve fallen again, so maybe God isn’t trustworthy. I have to prove that I’m lovable enough for Him to die on my behalf.  
Somehow I grow even more distant. And my last attempt is to throw up a half heretical, fist raising, curse swearing, honest prayer to a Father who felt somewhat negligent. It took 38 chapters in Job before God finally responds, so I waited… and waited… because honesty is our gift to God and truth is a gift He gives back to us.  I heard a response -   The blood is still the blood. It has the same power on your best day, as it did on your worst day.   Too simple? Or am I just too prideful??  Lord I believe, help my unbelief. Would I believe with every fiber of my being that your thoughts about me outnumber the grains of sand. With every breath would I breathe in your peace and breathe out your praise — 
Would each twitch of my fingertips across these ivory keys

Lend more and more of itself to music rather than an awkward middle C

Would my mind and the melody, dance mellifluously

While Heaven’s song over me sings ever so sweetly

Lord, my soul spills out over these ivory keys

My innocent ears the gateway to hearing the voice of the most lovely by @calebruney

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