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		<title>Confusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tucker J. Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People ask &#8220;How do you feel?&#8221; I say &#8220;Fine&#8221; But do I really? Am I to know If I can not cry? If I lie awake at night Thinking without control But not of my mother?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sieveandsand.com&#038;blog=3432908&#038;post=451&#038;subd=sieveandsand&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People ask<br />
&#8220;How do you feel?&#8221;<br />
I say &#8220;Fine&#8221;<br />
But do I really?<br />
Am I to know<br />
If I can not cry?<br />
If I lie awake at night<br />
Thinking without control<br />
But not of my mother?</p>
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		<title>Love Letter</title>
		<link>http://sieveandsand.com/2008/07/06/love-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tucker J. Collins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andrea collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love you-Goodbye. I&#8217;ll always remember you-inside. Of Mind, Body, and Soul-like the rest, Mind and Soul I&#8217;ll remember-of you the best. I&#8217;ll always know you were the love of my life Through the sickness, the pain, and all the strife. Saying goodbye was the hardest thing I hope to ever do, I could only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sieveandsand.com&#038;blog=3432908&#038;post=438&#038;subd=sieveandsand&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love you-Goodbye.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll always remember you-inside.</p>
<p>Of Mind, Body, and Soul-like the rest,</p>
<p>Mind and Soul I&#8217;ll remember-of you the best.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll always know you were the love of my life</p>
<p>Through the sickness, the pain, and all the strife.</p>
<p>Saying goodbye was the hardest thing I hope to ever do,</p>
<p>I could only wish that it wasn&#8217;t to you.</p>
<p>For you raised me lovestrong.</p>
<p>Now I wish I could say-God&#8217;s will is wrong,</p>
<p>But faith in HIS plan is right,</p>
<p>Whether you do or don&#8217;t-survive the night</p>
<p>Mother, I love you-Goodbye</p>
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		<title>Hos-piss</title>
		<link>http://sieveandsand.com/2008/06/25/hos-piss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tucker J. Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospice A word with all the powers of a magnet Drawing things together Somethings are shunned and wish to be repelled But they always return Others are accepted easily But can never come back Everything attracted has something in common Power to express emotions Love Pain Fear Last wishes- like fire -are warm But too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sieveandsand.com&#038;blog=3432908&#038;post=405&#038;subd=sieveandsand&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hospice<br />
A word with all the powers of a magnet<br />
Drawing things together<br />
Somethings are shunned and wish to be repelled<br />
But they always return<br />
Others are accepted easily<br />
But can never come back<br />
Everything attracted has something in common<br />
Power to express emotions<br />
Love<br />
Pain<br />
Fear<br />
Last wishes- like fire -are warm<br />
But too much fire surrounding one self becomes<br />
The source of more love<br />
The source of more pain<br />
The source of more fear<br />
The smoke becomes a heavy blanket<br />
Smothering its starter<br />
To reduce the burden a stand must be made<br />
One of courage where friends may be hurt<br />
You can piss out the fire<br />
But you cant piss out the pain<br />
Great difficulty lies on the path where you try to be kind and loving<br />
But sacrifices must be made<br />
To live the rest of ones days with only the closest people to their heart.</p>
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		<title>An Ode to my Beloved Mother</title>
		<link>http://sieveandsand.com/2008/06/21/an-ode-to-my-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tucker J. Collins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clutching at my Mary, Thinking of the gift, I&#8217;ll always remember Who I wish to be with. But some dreams can&#8217;t come true, For life is the beginning, Try not to grasp to tightly Before Death comes running for you&#8230;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sieveandsand.com&#038;blog=3432908&#038;post=376&#038;subd=sieveandsand&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clutching at my Mary,<br />
Thinking of the gift,<br />
I&#8217;ll always remember<br />
Who I wish to be with.<br />
But some dreams can&#8217;t come true,<br />
For life is the beginning,<br />
Try not to grasp to tightly<br />
Before Death comes running for you&#8230;.</p>
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