A Prayer I got a call yesterday from my love. She said she ran into my boss and he asked her why I was a grump. In the last couple of weeks I had not smiled. She smiled wanly and agreed with him; she too had not seen a smile from me in awhile. Was it her,...
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Forgiveness Stories
It always seems to be the wayYou try too hard and lose the day. She asks so little from you nowPerhaps she has forgotten how. A loss, a hurt, an ache she sharedBut you were slow to show you cared. Away, she goes away to thinkAnd leaves your friendship on...
If I die before I wake
as I rest my head on my angels lapIf I Die Before I Wake we as children of christian faith all know this passage knees bent at your bed before sleep as I sit with my morning tea in my graying years my thoughts drift as the winters snow to places long forgotten asking myself between sips w...
Confession
Reconciliation is supposed to absolve your sins and bring you back to the light...“In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Bless me Father for I have sinned. It has been six months since my last confession…” “Nina? Nina is that you?” “Yes, Father.” “I’m so glad that you came to confession! We need for more staff and stu...
Forgiveness
On the nature of forgiveness.....FORGIVENESSWHAT A PARADOXICAL WORD. Vast, yet simple. Hugely unimaginable to give to someone in some situations, yet so easy to bestow in others. And is it right to say; I can forgive you, but not them? Can we indeed CHOOSE forgiveness, or must it just co...
Love Thoughts
a lovers thoughtsDear Darling my Love my shelterbless you as I was blessed the day you came into my troubled lifeyour constant wiliness to give of yourself to me leaves me speechlessyou always here talking to me never a harsh word. at times pleading for me to return to a...
Hand in Hand
Love and support shown by friendsWalking hand in hand you and meForgiveness given the only key Allowing love into our heartGives us both a brand new start Things from our past cast awayToday can be a brand new day Trusting ourselves can set us freeWalking hand in hand you and me Glancing...
WAS THERE LIGHT?It wasn't that you were mistakenThat you imagined itIt's just that she has given in to her darknessAnd has doused her own Light
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Forgiveness
Forgiving oneself, can allow you to feel.FreedomObservationRelease Gratitude ImpunityVindicated Exculpation Non-judgemental Extenuation SanctuarySoft-heartedness
Saving A Soul!
Saving an Angel is my greatest reward in death!This poem was written several years ago now, when I was in a deeper, dark place and I think expressed much of my feelings at the time about loneliness, my disability and how people looked upon me.Sometimes I wonder, why I look how I do?Why God created me,...
A Fresh Start
letters that have caused pain are burned in a ceremony on a pyreI knew the keys for my future happiness would be forgiveness; closure. I prepared a pyre, then gazing at the flames meditating on purifying, transforming through fire. burning the cause of my pain; the letters, one by one. First one lit; an heirloom of Mo...
The Letter
I think we've all wanted to send a letter like this at one time, and forgiveness is not always easy.I poured out every thought upon the page, Filling it up with all the rage and anger, That you have instilled inside me. My pen literally quivered, As I held it in my sweaty hand, Yet the words flowed swiftly, As venomous as any snake, And almost as deadly...
And you thrummed you fingers into my life. I felt these defences lower Like a retreat called in BattleAnd you made this heart beat, Beloved. When it had refused for years It creaked, groaned and broke asunderAnd so I began to feel slowly. I flailed and st...
The Four Seasons--Autumn
Hal recalls autumn, a season for judging the harvestChapter 3: Autumn If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. Job 32:9-10 Cleveland—January 1965 Hal held up two fingers; the bartender s...
The Going Away Party
A party brings back memories and a harbored secret.Today is Austin’s last day in Detroit. He is heading to Dallas to teach classes on economics at a university while working towards his doctorate in the subject. One of our coworkers decided to throw him a surprise going-away party. I was hesitant, but dec...