that we might have joy

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Mea
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Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:08 am
Mea says... · Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:08 am
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"Adam fell that men might be, and men are, that they might have joy."
-2 Nephi 2:25


A collection of prayers and musings on joy, endurance, sorrow, faith, and dreams. Most poems will not be overtly religious, though a few will.


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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
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Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:10 am
Mea says... · Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:10 am
We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:49 am
Mea says... · Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:49 am
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Aley
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Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:56 am
Aley says... · Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:56 am
I really like your style of poetry. I can't wait to see more!
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Mea
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Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:28 am
Mea says... · Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:28 am
@Aley - thank you! <3 I really want to write more but school has been kicking me hard this week. Soon. :P
We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:05 am
Mea says... · Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:05 am
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:16 am
alliyah says... · Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:16 am
Mea, every line in that last poem is just so richly dense with meaning.

Wow! I really like the poetic style of this and the formatting also complimented the flow and meaning.

I'm excited to see what else you write! :)
you should know i am a time traveler &
there is no season as achingly temporary as now
but i have promised to return
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:19 am
Mea says... · Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:19 am
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:56 am
Mea says... · Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:56 am
“For behold, this is my work and my glory – to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” – Moses 1:39

“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.” – Malachi 4:6


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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:22 pm
bluewaterlily says... · Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:22 pm
Even though I'm not Mormon and probably didn't pick up on the Mormon theology, this was such a beautiful poem with subtle yet beautiful imagery. :) I think my favorite lines were "to run hand in hand with you/our mothers' mother's mother's/at our back."
"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language." - W.H. Auden
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Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:32 am
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Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:40 pm
Mea says... · Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:40 pm
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:46 pm
Mea says... · Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:46 pm
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:38 pm
Mea says... · Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:38 pm
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:36 pm
Mea says... · Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:36 pm
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We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
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Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus