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Warrior Chi
She strives
Tested, time and again.
Blood spilled just as readily as
her own tears.
A woman. Just a woman? Never.
A warrior,
A leader with a heart laid bare
A protector…
keen of mind,
going in
with innate skills
As death places its deal
upon her table and
she answers back
in kind.
For she was forged in a lifetime
of sacrifice.
Do you hear that?
A soft whisk,
a honing of a blade to
a sharpness like none
other.
Delicate, determined, Beautiful.
Yet, who holds those warrior hands
As the light dims on her day?
Who holds her heart?
and brushes
her tears her away?
Stay strong.
Stay strong Warrior Chi.
by Philip Wardlow 2016
Let Go
Let go
Two simple words
yet as complex
a phrase as you
will ever hear
uttered
Give over
Give in
Just submit
To Life
To Me
To Change
To Everything
While opening your mind
to the darkness inside
and letting the night take you
where it will
Fear dissolves,
replaced with a surety of a soul
that has always
resided in you.
by Philip Wardlow 2015
Delicate Strength
A Delicate Strength~
If I called her delicate
She might well give me
a dark eyed glare
and haul off and try and hit me
Then I would laugh
and push her down
Arms restrained
She would fight
Oh yes, she would fight
Tendons taunt
against muscles she
couldn’t hope to overcome
But I feel her strength
a quiet marching strength
in her soul.
It pours off her in everything
she says and does.
But she has a delicate
nature
For her heart has been strained
Pained beyond belief at times.
Yet she hangs on
through that strength at
her core
I feel it as she struggles against me
As I smile my mischievous smile
and get her to smile along with me
in that struggle
And let her win…
by Philip Wardlow
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