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JTD 6 KRIMINAL SAGA: FOR ZORA

OUR EYES ARE STILL WATCHING FOR GOD. THE DARKNESS OF THIS EARTH NOW WILL MAKE MULES AND MEN CRY. WHEN WE JUMP THRU DARKNESS WE TELL OUR HORSES NOT TO LEAVE DUST TRACKS ON THE ROAD. SO THE DEVIL WON’T KNOW WE GONE. IF THE DARKNESS EVER CATCHES EVERY TONGUE WILL GO TO CONFESSING. SO WE RIDE AND JUMP THRU DARKNESS WITH THE LESSONS YOU PUT IN WORDS. I’M JUST HOPING I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HEARD. YOU SAID MOSES WAS A MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN. I’M TRYING TO CLIMB IT TO IN THE DARKNESS. BUT I AIN’T NO SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE. I DO WHAT I MUST TO TAKE CARE ME. I DON’T LISTEN TO LIES AND OTHER TALL TALES. CAUSE NONE OF THAT MATTERS WHEN YOU LIVING A LIFE IN LETTERS. I HEARD SOMEONE SAY GO MUDDY THE WATER. I FELT I MUST BE CLEVER. NEVERTHELESS WITH EVERY WORD YOU WROTE IT ADDS MORE BEATS TO MY HEART. YOU WAS LAID TO REST AMONGST THE PEOPLE YOU LOVED. BUT YOUR WISDOM STILL LIVES ON. AS WE JUMP THRU DARKNESS AND DO OUR PART. WITH OUR EYES STILL WATCHING GOD……..JTD

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JTD: LOOKING FOR A SMILE

IN OUR WORLD TODAY WE ARE ALL WORRIED IN A WAY. PARENTS WORRY ABOUT THE CRIMINALS THAT MAY HURT THEIR CHILDREN. JUST TO TURN AROUND AND WORRY ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN BECOMING CRIMINALS. MOST WOULD GO TO CHURCH BUT MANY FEEL LEAVING CHURCH ALONE MAYBE BEST WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE ON THESE STREETS. I CAN REMEMBER MOVING OUT THE SHELTER AFTER COLLEGE AND GETTING A JOB. I FOUND A PLACE TO STAY AND EVEN SOME NEW CLOTHES. WITH A NICE HAIR CUT AND SOME FAMILY DOLLAR COLOGNE I FELT SPECIAL. TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS WALKING AROUND FEELING GREAT UNTIL AN OLD MAN STEPPED TO ME AND ASKED….ARE YOU DOING BETTER NOW? I SAID YES I’M OUT THE SHELTER, I HAVE A JOB AND A PLACE TO STAY. HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID OH YEAH THEN LOOK AT THE GROUND. HE THEN SAID SEE YOUR FEET ARE ON THE SAME ROAD YOU WAS ON BEFORE. YOU LEFT THE SHELTER BUT YOUR FEET DIDN’T. I SAID WHAT… HE SAID THEM THE SAME SHOES YOU HAD ON WHEN YOU WAS DOING BAD. IN YOUR MIND THINGS SEEM BETTER BUT YOUR FEET SAY YOU STILL DOING BAD. NOW IN LIFE THE GRASS OFTEN SEEMS GREENER WHEN YOU NOT WORRYING ABOUT ANYTHING. I LEARNED TO PRAY WITH MY HEAD UP BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU DROP IT THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO SNEAK UP AND KNOCK YOU DOWN. ALL WHILE WE TRY TO KEEP A SMILE AND NOT A FROWN. EVEN WHILE WE SEARCH FOR A FEELING OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS. WE WILL SEARCH FOR A SMILE TO HELP CALM US. WE WILL SEARCH FOR A SMILE TO LET US KNOW WE MADE IT. THIS MONTH IF NO ONE ELSE GIVES YOU A SMILE TRY A PAIR OF NEW SHOES. THAT WAY YOUR FEET ATLEAST WON’T FROWN……..JTD

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ONE FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTIONS : RIVERS WITH NO CROSSINGS….

ADDICTIONS ARE LIKE RIVERS WITH NO CROSSINGS. YOU CAN STAND ON THE EDGE AND SEE THE BRIDGE. YOU CAN WATCH PEOPLE DRIVE AND WALK BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THAT BRIDGE. BUT EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A STEP THERE IS NO BRIDGE FOR YOU. JUST A REFECTION OF YOUR ADDICTIONS IN THE WATER BEFORE YOU. THE COLOR OF THE WATER SOMETIMES MAKE YOU FEEL BLUE TOO. YOU WOULD WONDER WHAT TO DO BUT WHEN YOU DRUNK AND HIGH STANDING RIGHT THERE FOREVER FEELS BEST FOR YOU. JUMP THRU DARKNESS AND IN YOUR MIND FIND A BRIDGE TO GET YOU BY. MAYBE ITS READING A BOOK OR TWO. MAYBE ITS FISHING IN THAT WATER THATS BLUE. FIND SOMEWAY TO GET OUT OF YOUR ADDICTIONS AND BACK INTO YOU. AND IF YOU GET CLEAN BEFORE YOU AND THE FISH START TALKING. YOU WILL FIND BRIDGES OVER RIVERS WITH NO CROSSINGS…….JTD

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JTD 6 KRIMINAL SAGA: IF SHE COULD JUST WATCH HER SHOW….

SHE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TV AT THE BUS STATION.SHE WAS DIGGING IN HER PURSE FOR A QUARTER TO TURN ON THE TV. AS I WALKED BY HEADED TO THE HOT BLACK WATER MACHINE TO GET A CUP OF BUS STATION COFFEE. YOU KNOW THE KIND THAT’S SO BAD YOU CAN’T HELP BUT STAY WOKE. BEHIND ME AS I STOOD AT THE MACHINE I COULD HEAR HER SAY…IF I COULD JUST WATCH MY SHOW I COULD GET MY LIFE BACK. SHE SAID,” I LOST MY JOB, SOCKS, AND HUSBAND THAT DAY I SMOKED THAT LACED WEED. I’M SO HOOKED ON DRUGS NOW EVERYDAY I GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO GIVE BACK MY KIDS.” I HAD NEVER MISSED MY SHOW UNTIL THAT DAY. THAT’S WHEN MY LIFE CHANGED. BUT IF I CAN WATCH MY SHOW NOW I CAN GET MY HUSBAND, JOB AND LOVE MY KIDS AGAIN. LIKE TRAVELING BACKWARDS IN TIME AND FREE MYSELF BEFORE IT BEGINS. I WENT OVER TO THE CASHIER AND ASKED FOR TEN DOLLARS IN QUARTERS. I WANTED TO HELP HER JUMP THRU DARKNESS. I SAID TO HER BROKEN WINGS LET ME HELP YOU WITH YOUR STRUGGLE AS I HANDED THE MONEY TO HER. BEFORE I WALKED AWAY I ASKED HER WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SHOW. AFTER SHE TOLD ME IT TOOK EVERY GOOD INSIDE ME TO WALK AWAY AND NOT TELL HER THAT THE SHOW WASN’T ON ANYMORE……..JTD