Omamori

'In a time long forgotten, a man was given a Gift by God: from whomever he wished could he rob them of their illness, however grave, and bear it upon himself. And with only that knowledge did the man begin his travels. 'Not two days threaded by when the man happen upon a village. While looking for a place where one might purchase and partake in a meal, he saw a girl-child sobbing outside the portal to her house. "What, pray tell, makes a cherub cry?" asked the man the girl. '"Mother Left with no return, and now Father lies in bed withering by the day. Whence no family aids or claims me as their own, I feel afraid to walk this world by my ow

I know you heard me I've got more to say I know you see me I saw you look away Ignoring Forgetting My existance lost in the headspace I'm just by your side My words missing without a trace They were heard and brushed aside As if I'm obsolete Your standards mine don't meet No matter how hard I try No matter what I do You'd just sniff and deny I'm good enough for you

He who barks not He who wanders the dark lands Sings Her praises to distant watchers: "Oh, unchanging beauty, Lead me to thy embrace, Where lies the freedom my heart yearns." A sigh in the silence, She smiles and he calls, "Oh, eternal watcher, This lonesome gloom, Let your guiding hand reveal the truth." To Her he bows, She withdraws the curtains, And caresses his face. In Her glory he bathes, Watching his breath As it turns into silver clouds. He closes his eyes, Feels her touch, Elation alights his mind, And his song joins the chorus.

It was a bright sunny morning when little Lilian went skipping down the jogging trek in the park behind her house. On the way she saw an old man seated on a bench, hands resting on the crook of his walking stick while he stares down the along the path. Now little Lilian has already been told once and dozen times again by the Grown-ups that talking to strangers was a bad thing, but like most kids her age, she knew better to believe the Grown-up's stories of boogie men and monsters-in-closets. And so little Lilian skipped up to the old man and asked, "What are you doing here, Old Man?" "I'm waiting for my dog," replied the Old Man with a smile