Tag Archives: darkness

WHY DO WE LOVE THE PAST?

What is it about the past that’s so appealing? Looking back at historical events – from ancient times -to times of royalty and the Renaissance – to the foundation of our own country, are times that are compelling to many … Continue reading

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DIRTY WINDOWS

We have some major construction going on just a short distance from our home. A major highway, which is within earshot of our backyard is being remade to accommodate for the increase in traffic. The construction is on its second … Continue reading

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PIERCING THROUGH THE DARKNESS

POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER Black, acrid smoke rises from a recently snuffed candle. It weaves its way through the light, causing darkness to prevail. But is that darkness eternal?  Will the light return again? Will the endlessness of obscurity win … Continue reading

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LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

The heavy mist of morning fog, can cloud our thinking and our hope, The things that lie before us now, are lost from vision and our scope, We try so hard to fix it all, then realize we are too … Continue reading

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THE WORLD IN DARKNESS LAY

His hand reached for the oil lamp in the darkness of night, but remembered that he had not filled it the night before.  He was enveloped in the deepest darkness he had ever experienced. He strained to see even a … Continue reading

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INTO THE LIGHT

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL T. & KATHY BOECHER A ghostly darkness weaves its way through the forest of your mind, Creating shadows as it dispenses a feeling of hopelessness, The murkiness envelops you with a brazen embrace, Leaving you … Continue reading

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TALES OF THE CITY

A string of box cars clatter across the tracks – chugging, clanking, rattling, Slowly creeping through the city, on a mission to somewhere, What lies within those cars? Is it something perishable, something necessary for life, life itself? Surrounded by traversing … Continue reading

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NO MORE DARKNESS

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A world shrouded in darkness, enveloped in an everlasting haze, Closing in with its heavy cape of weight and anxiety, Never ceasing to control us, Holding tightly as we sink further into the bottomless pit, … Continue reading

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BEAUTY IN DARKNESS

ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Through a still, and temperate morning, light is hidden by the clouds, Yet the dawn of hidden treasures, trickle through the darkened shrouds, In the solitude of daybreak, life renewed and life … Continue reading

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HIDDEN

Theater flat painted by Paul Boecher – Poetry by Kathy Boecher A city of blazing lights can cover all the ugliness of the other world, A world that lies beneath the bridge of deception, hate, fear and addiction, Underneath that hidden territory where … Continue reading

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INTO THE LIGHT

ORIGINAL ART BY PAUL T. BOECHER© A world shrouded in darkness, enveloped in an everlasting haze, Closing in with its heavy cape of weight and anxiety, Never ceasing to control us, Holding tightly as we sink further into the bottomless pit, But even in … Continue reading

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OUT OF THE DARKNESS

As we say goodbye to another year – to all the past sins, mistakes and blunders – take heart in the everlasting light that takes away every blot.  We have a clean slate because of that light – the one … Continue reading

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