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Not So High

I choose a side Stand firm on what I believe Proclaim unafraid Not an attack Rather an invitation I can still love you See you The fence is not so high I reach my hands over Embrace you For we are the same We have our limitations Answers to questions yet to come Tears yet to be shed Yet there are some things I have learned Things I wish to share Because I care For I know what I know I have been freed from my mind By one who is kind The designer of me The one in whom I believe A gift I chose to receive Not a product I wish you to try There is nothing to buy The fence has a gate If you have breath it's not too late This is a place of rest Not some difficult test Please come sit with me In a land that is free

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Colleen Bono

Date: 5/9/2013 4:29:00 PM

right now I wish I could be freed from my mind.Just for a little while.take care

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/9/2013 4:56:00 PM

Sometimes I feel the same way. Poetry goes a long way to help relax me. Both reading and writing.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 5/9/2013 10:41:00 AM

Beautiful...as always.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/9/2013 2:14:00 PM

Thanks Eileen.

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/9/2013 10:18:00 AM

"Not an attack, but rather an invitation"... I really like that, Rick... I like that a lot. There are too many people out there that feel like they have to attack you, grab your shoulders, and FORCE you to believe what they do. That method never works... in fact it just drives them further away. You have to come on your own choice... and if you are to come to Him by force you're going for the wrong reasons. I enjoyed the warm welcoming feel of this poem.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/9/2013 2:19:00 PM

I have been in a room with someone trying to convert someone and it was vey uncomfortable. I can only share my own experience and explain how God has influenced my life. I don't think presure or fear works. I think love respect and gentleness is more appealing.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/9/2013 9:47:00 AM

what a peaceful and inspiring poem this is. I like how you made it sound so easy. To come to this free land by simply opening the gate!! So nice, Richard. Great title for it too.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/9/2013 2:21:00 PM

It really is as simple as that. Thanks for commenting Andrea.