Category Archives: poetry

May You Find Your Happy Place

 

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Whether it be at night while gazing at the stars and full moon

Or watching the golden sun rise or seeing it reach high noon,

May you find your happy place where you’re content and feel blissfully free;

Where you discover within yourself peaceful serenity.

Whether it be in the late evening when only the crickets are singing

Or in the early dawn when the morning bells are gently ringing,

May you find your happy place where you and God can quietly be;

Where you’re wrapped in his love with a hint heaven-scented eternity.

Whether walking in the forest where robins and meadow larks sing in the trees

Or sitting on the sandy seashore where your bare skin tingles in the wet, salty breeze,

May you find your happy place; a silent refuge from the world of grief;

Where your hurting soul is showered in soothing, quenching relief.

Whether you’re sitting in the park in the warmth of the glistening sunlight

Or lying awake in the still moments of the deepest, darkest night,

May you find your happy place where your spirit gladly rests;

Where you remember you are deeply loved and forever blessed.

Coming of Spring

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Cool wind blows again as winter nears its end

though not soon enough for me.

A welcomed fragrance remains of a soft  and gentle rain

permeating the chilly breeze.

So filled now with elation; hooray for spring’s coronation

descending so tenderly.

Returning robins in the trees sing joyful melodies

kindly enchanting me.

Grass is still a dreary brown all around this tiny town

looking ever so bleak

But never you mind for given some time

it will transform to  glorious green.

Towering trees here and there standing naked and bare

will soon sprout tiny new  leaves.

So for now don’t dismay; Spring  indeed is on the way.

Just you wait and see.

I Hear the Birds

 

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I hear the birds singing; an unseen choir a midst the leafy branches of the swaying trees.

Their small voices are many and unique; their whistles, their chirps and their melodies

ride the quietly flowing breeze.

Their joyous songs bring sweet thoughts to my mind and a deep sense of gentle peace to

my uplifted heart. How i love to hear the birds above and may they always be near, always

present, never to depart.

Morning Light

 

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As the new bright day is dawning and the first rays of sunlight filter in,

the Lord lovingly and gently awakens me.

My eyes slowly open and as watchful consciousness alerts my thoughts and soul,

I turn to look out the glass pane to to quietly and even wistfully see.

The leafy trees are a pale shade of green and the sky a gentle hue of blue.

Everything glistens beneath the sun’s transparent rays and the morning dew.

Now my soul is filled with earnest contentment of the simple and gentle beginning

so I arise with my thoughts on the Lord and with quiet anticipation.

In a gentle voiced prayer, i answer, “Thank you, Lord for showering me

with your sunshine and your sweet love today and

thank you Lord for your faithfulness in staying with me through this

gentle, sunlit day.

Hope

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Hope is my special faith that I keep deep down inside

If I feel overwhelmed with hurt then to Hope I must confide.

Then I am encouraged and I feel my strength once again.

I stop to remember that Hope is my everlasting friend.

I must hold onto my friend, I must never let him out of my sight.

For if I lose him in the darkness of grief then I must find Hope

to again see the light.

I Tried to Climb a Mountain

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Today I tried to climb a mountain

but didn’t reach the top.

Today I tried to be a friend

but was only a hindrance

Today, i tried to be an outward person

but had gone inward again.

Today I many have failed

but I know the Lord will provide

for me another day to try again.

And tomorrow is another day;

I’ll pray to the Lord and try again..

Spring Time

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Sunshine brightens the deep blue atmosphere

Purple lilac fragrance permeates the air.

Rainbow colored tulip beds

Irises display their blossoming heads.

New songbirds tweet and sing above.

Gently, spring has sprung with hope

gladness and love.

Sunlight, Sunlight

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Sunlight, Sunlight, oh, please visit my way

and shine on me and keep me warm this chilly day.

Sunlight, sunlight piercing through the clouds

touch this sleeping soul so new life may be roused.

Sunlight, sunlight brightening the forest green

You fill me with hope as I wander through the trees.

Sunlight, Sunlight, while these days are slipping by

help me to share God’s love and to gladly say, “hi”.

Sunlight, sunlight Please help to me safely stay

inside of God’s love through all the winding day.

Sunlight, sunlight, please light up the path that I am to roam

so that one day I’ll arrive in my heavenly sweet home.

Sunlight, sunlight, is that you glowing inside of me?

“Yes,” said Jesus, “but to gaze upon my face, you’ll have to wait and see.”

Thinking About Spring

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Sunshine glistens above the baby-leafed trees as a gentle wind blankets the land and sea.

Purple violets and dandelions too sprinkle the lawn like morning dew.

Radiant rainbow arches high after a thunderous storm has left the sky.

Ivy leaves and new vines begin to sprout starting their journey up a white trellised house.

Nesting robins and joyous meadowlarks tweet happy melodies that warm the heart.

Gentle doe leads her spotted fawn across the wildflower covered meadow land.