A Light Along the Way

"Sometimes the smallest act of kindness becomes the brightest light along our darkest road."


He is one in a million--
a hand that reached out
when the world was silent,
and when kindness was rare.

Reg(Rej), though we have never met,
I feel your goodness
in the way it touched my path.
When I had nowhere to go,
you were there...
proof that the Lord sends hearts
to lift the fallen when hope runs thin!

For twenty-one nights, I walked alone
smiling at strangers…
never letting them see the weight I carried.

My knees ached,
my feet swollen,
my body trembling on the edge of collapse.
And still I told myself:
no one could run this race for me.

So I pressed forward
clutching courage in the dark,
holding on to the feeble flame of hope
that someone, somewhere
would understand without judgment.

Then came you...
A quiet proof that mercy endures,
that kindness still weaves its way through the dark
and even when the night is heaviest,
daylight will arrive.

When I finally reach my destination..
I will turn my face to the sun
and keep this treasure close:
that somewhere along the way home,
I found you...
and kept you in my heart.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 9/11/2025 9:33:00 PM
What a beautiful, powerful poem!! Thank you for blessing us with your talent, Rowena.
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Rowena Velasco
Date: 9/11/2025 10:20:00 PM
Thank you with all respect for your beautiful encouragement!
Date: 9/11/2025 6:03:00 PM
An inspiring read- glad for your ending :)
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/11/2025 7:27:00 PM
Can't say it any better than Paige did. Bravo, Rowena!
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Rowena Velasco
Date: 9/11/2025 7:01:00 PM
Thank you @PaigeHind
Date: 9/11/2025 5:03:00 PM
simply beautiful and touching..a testament to mercy and kindness...Faving
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Rowena Velasco
Date: 9/11/2025 7:00:00 PM
Thank you!
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