Poems

After planting, may you "Grow in Grace and in the knowledge of
our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". 2 Peter 3:18





So runs my dream;but what am I?
An infant crying in the night;
An infant crying for the light
And with no language but a cry
So careful of the type she seems,
So careless of the single life,
The world's great altar-stairs
That slope thro' darkness up to God,
Man...
Who trust God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law--
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed --Tennyson



The Salvation of Dawn

Listen to the exhortation of the dawn!
Look to this day, for it is life-
The very life of life!
In its brief course lie
all it's verities
and realities of its existence:
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendor of beauty;
For yesterday is but
a dream,
and to-morrow is only
a vision:
But to-day well lived
Makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness,
and every to-morrow
a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore,
to this day!
Such is the salvation
of the dawn.
--The Sanskrit



My Daughter

God gave to me a flower,
To tend with loving care,
And never earthly garden held
A blossom half so fair!
Her smiling eyes,my stars, my skies,
Her laughter, rippling water,
Her joy,her woe mine doubly so-
Flesh of my flesh, my daughter!
God gave to me a flower,
And yet not mine alone-
Someday he will require of me
The blossom fully grown!
Her smiling eyes, my stars, my skies,
Her laughter, rippling water,
Her joy, her woe, mine doubly so-
Heart of my heart,
my daughter!

--Cindy Jacobs-1990--





When I was a child I laughed and wept,
Time crept.
When as a youth,
I dreamed and talked,
Time walked.
When I became a man,
Time ran.
When older still
I grew,
Time flew.
Soon I shall find
in taveling on,
Time gone.
-(clock face in Switzerland)


CAN YOU STAND YOURSELF ALONE?

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for,
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,
for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,
if you have been opened by life's betrayals or
have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own,
without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own,
if you can dance with wildness and let the ectasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be
careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself;
if you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.

I want to know if you can be faithful
and therefore be trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty
even when it is not pretty every day,
and if you can source your life from God's presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine,
and still stand on the edge of a lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes"!

It doesn't interest me to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair,
weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done
for the children.

It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire
with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,
and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty
moments
--by Oriah Mountain Dreamer (a Native American Elder)

ALWAYS HAVE A DREAM Forget about the days
when it's been cloudy,
but don't forget your hours in the sun.
Forget about the times
you've been defeated,
but don't forget the victories you've won.
Forget about the mistakes
that you can't change now,
but don't forget the lessons.
Forget about the misfortunes
you've encountered,
but don't forget the times
your luck has turned.
Forget about the days
when you've been lonely,
but don't forget the friendly
smiles you've seen......
Forget about the plans
that didn't seem to work out right,
but don't forget to always have a dream.
~Unknown~


Have you ever thought about dying,
has it ever entered your head
that you'll never belong anywhere
that in fact you'd be better off dead

have you ever thought about dying
because it feels so few care
and even though it shouldn't matter
you just wish someone was there

have you ever thought about dying
when it seems the only place to run
away from life and loneliness
but then; this step could never be undone

have you ever thought about living
it's an even greater task
there's so much for you to do and give
and help if you'd only ask

have you ever thought about living
theres so much to learn and understand
listen to what's really in your heart
reach out and take God's hand

Have you ever thought about living
of enjoying this precious gift
living for each and every moment
letting your spirits lift

Have you ever thought about life
it's sent from God above
theres so much here you can offer
so much for you to love

Have you ever thought about life
I ask this with a tear
because I know you are listening
I'm glad for me God's here

Carebear
what if this was your last day to live,what if this was your
last day to live, would you hold on to grudges, or chose to forgive?

would the little things in life bother you so much...
if we knew we were allowed just one more human touch?

would we cry over hurt feelings, hurt egos, and hurt
prides...
or live our day to its fullest, leaving that behind?

could we forge ahead if we knew that today would be our last...
and unleash the power of yesterday with the rest of our painful past?

would we look each other in the eye, and say something kind...
or would we hold on to the pain of our lives and leave all love behind?

and would it really matter that our hearts' been hurt before...
if we were breathing our last breath and walking out the door?

all of us would choose, i think, to live a better way...
if we lived our lives as though we were living our last day.

we could take our last breath knowing we'd let go of the past...
if we only knew which day would be our last.

so take the time to look someone right into their eyes...
for you never know when you might be saying your last
goodbyes.

take each moment and live it like you've never lived before...
then it will never matter when you exit your last door

would you hold on to grudges, or chose to forgive?

would the little things in life bother you so much...
if we knew we were allowed just one more human touch?

would we cry over hurt feelings, hurt egos, and hurt prides...
or live our day to its fullest, leaving that behind?

could we forge ahead if we knew that today would be our last...
and unleash the power of yesterday with the rest of our painful
past?
would we look each other in the eye, and say something kind...
or would we hold on to the pain of our lives and leave all love
behind?
and would it really matter that our hearts' been hurt before...
if we were breathing our last breath and walking out the door?

all of us would choose, i think, to live a better way...
if we lived our lives as though we were living our last day.

we could take our last breath knowing we'd let go of the past...
if we only knew which day would be our last.

so take the time to look someone right into their eyes...
for you never know when you might be saying your last goodbyes.

take each moment and live it like you've never lived before...
then it will never matter when you exit your last door

by Shelly Couch

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