A Calm Or Tempestuous Life

Rest yourself here where water lies calm
    still, you could fly
              to perch on tempestuous cloudy bank
    perhaps to remain
              safety a foreign ideal you’ve rarely felt

for you, comfort seems to come with upheaval
still, you could stay
          in the quest to find who you might be
perhaps to entrust
          that you are enough and worthy too

for I recall where your viridity began
still, life gives trials
          People to test next to those to emulate
perhaps you’ll select
          where you won’t go or who you can’t be
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Krutsinger Avatar
July 10, 2020 at 5:06 PM
It is not how we act, it is how we react when others act; you have stated this well.
Lindley Avatar
July 9, 2020 at 12:09 PM
A very fine poem on youth,growing up and the many trials one must face. To walk a lit path or to walk with the world on its ever tempting darken path? We each must choose and then live with the consequences of that choice made. A fav...
Mcgee Avatar
July 9, 2020 at 4:07 PM
Thanks Robert...written for my niece who is 20 and in the thick of those paths.
Daniel Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 9:09 AM
Nice poem on finding oneself, Jeanne:)
Mcgee Avatar
July 9, 2020 at 4:09 PM
Thanks. :D
Gondolf Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 7:40 AM
Nicely written, Jeanne, growing up can be hard deciding who you are and what path you want to follow. As we age, it is so easy to look back and see the direction we took or maybe the direction we should have taken. My best to you. Hugs. John
Mcgee Avatar
July 9, 2020 at 4:08 PM
Hello John...hope this finds you well. I still look back and wonder how things would be on a different path, yet am glad to be where I am. :D Glad to see you here.
Brul Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 12:34 AM
Oh, very hearth-warming...Yes, no matter how life blooms, we are not spared of trials to polish our faith..Very well-written! A fave!
Mcgee Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 12:46 AM
a warm thanks JCB. I'm so glad it warmed your heart.
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