Tag Archives: faith

Poem: The Best

I am notThe best at anything.Not swimming or runningSkiing or Tai Chi.I am notTop of my fieldNor top of my class.I am no expertNo guru.God knowsMost daysI struggle to surviveLet alone live.Yet I have a missionA God given purposeTo keep on walkingTo keep on strivingKeep on breathing.Show the worldThrough constant struggleThe meaning of persistence.I mayContinue reading “Poem: The Best”

Poem: True Victory

I was walkingIn the night.StumblingThrough the dark.I cried out to the LordIn anguish and despair.It seemed too muchMy heart wasFull with pain .The Lord reached outWrapped meIn Her embrace.I tried to shrug her offNot to be consoled.She said to me,“My dear childYou’re losing the battlesBut winning the war”.SuddenlyChaos became orderEverything fit into place.My heart wasContinue reading “Poem: True Victory”

Poem: The Right Fit

I am searchingFor the right fit.Looking to findA purposeful job.Hoping and prayingEndlessly yearningFor loveTrue and strong.Looking to fill my lifeWith communityFaithful and deep.I am seekingTo take the next right step.To find the balanceBetween work and playBetween time aloneAnd time with other.sI aimTo grow in strength;To listenTo the guidance of God;To improve my selfPhysicallyMentallySpiritually.I am strivingEverContinue reading “Poem: The Right Fit”

Poem: Time To Embrace

My heart achesWith loneliness.The painA constant reminderOf what I don’t have.ReluctantlyI concludeI must let her go.To love someoneSo muchThat you are willingTo let them goTakes strengthMost will never know.To do it againAgain and againTakes strengthBeyond imagining.I knowLordThe choices I have made.I feel the rightness.WhenO GodWill it beThe time to embrace?

Poem: When I Read The News

When I look at the worldWhen I read the newsIt’s easy to seeThe darkness and despair.To find reason for fearFeel angerFeel hate.KnowThat the world is broken.So easy to seeSo wrong it is.When I thinkHow far we have comeIn mere blink of an eye.When I seeThe people around meSmall and bright.I knowThe candles hold back theContinue reading “Poem: When I Read The News”

Poem: This Is Community Too

We stoodListening to the musicIn the warmDowntown night.I felt the urge to danceYet few had graced the floorPressure builtUntil I could wait no more.“Damnit I want to dance”I thought“To blazes with waitingFor just the rightNumber of people!”.So I strode onto the floorLet the music take over.Something happened thenSlowly and beautifullyMore and more peopleJoined the dancingContinue reading “Poem: This Is Community Too”

Poem: To Show Or Not To Show

“Still your voice”They say to me.“Don’t shareDon’t trustDon’t risk.Hide the darknessOr lose hope of loveFriends and familyAll you hold dear.”I ponder and reflectPray and wrestleIn the endMy answer remains the same.“I believe inHonesty and openness.A burden sharedIs far less weight.Revealing my strugglesTakes strength untold.A risk?YesVulnerability is riskyRisk I gladly take.If darkness scares awayAll hope ofContinue reading “Poem: To Show Or Not To Show”

Poem: May Love Come Soon

Heart beatsGut tightensAgony fillsLoneliness freezes.I fall to my kneesI pray to the Lord,“O Lord,I am tired of being aloneHow much longer must I wait?Yes, I have the love ofFriends and family.It is not the same.Is there no oneWhose heart is stirred?Who longs to feel my touch?Who longs to hold me close?Who finds me worthy ofContinue reading “Poem: May Love Come Soon”

Poem: Stormy Seas

I’ve been sailing stormy seas of lateNo shore on the horizon.Clouds block the stars at nightWinds howl during dayI find my way by feel alone.Some days are goodSome days are bad.My balance shakes and wobblesSome say my cause is lostSome think my ship not sturdy .I hold to hopeI know what they do not.I mayContinue reading “Poem: Stormy Seas”