Valsa George Poet Rhyme

My Open Hearted Confessions

Honestly, I feel I am a grown-up child
I express my feelings intense or mild
As and when they take birth, never concealing
Not allowing them to settle, before revealing 

Even minor mishaps of mine or others upset me
However hard I try to pretend they don’t touch me
My countenance will show how vulnerable I am
And my body language will reveal I am not quite calm

Being too sensitive to life’s trials and tribulations
Get easily flustered on facing adverse situations
I trust people outright never suspecting their wiles
And land in difficulty easily duped by their smiles

Often, I put on a mask to hide my diffidence
And act nonchalant with an air of confidence
But the mask makes me sometimes breathless
And I expose myself feeling utterly helpless

I feel unease as I see pain and suffering all around
Now I don’t have them to seriously confront,
Yet a nameless disquiet weighs me down	
At the sight of hundreds cruelly beaten down
      
I train my mind not to withdraw into my own shell
When all around, I see misery, hatred, and violence swell
I wish my heart were the fount of gushing love
And with the olive branch of peace, soar like a dove

I long to shed a ray of light into a heart darkened in despair
Give it a momentary flash of cheer through kind acts of repair
I cannot be a beacon of light to illumine all around
But can be a candle to dispel traces of gloom that surround

I pray God to help me plod through the right way
Enabling me to face challenges with strength each day
I know life can flourish only with God’s loving grace
And each day in prayers and gratitude, I raise my eyes


Jan.13.2023

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Vijay Pandit January 15, 2023 at 12:55 PM Back with BIG congrats on your TOP win, Valsa. So well deserved.

Eve Roper January 15, 2023 at 11:03 AM Congratulations on your win in Lasaad's contest, Valsa. An open confessions is so hard and a mask helps. God's blessings and forgiveness always a warm feeling of love. Many Blessings My Friend

Christuraj Alex January 14, 2023 at 9:39 PM "Being too sensitive to life’s trials and tribulations Get easily flustered on facing adverse situations" - the teaching of experience! "I train my mind not to withdraw into my own shell When all around, I see misery, hatred, and violence swell" - Great! Congratulations!

Paula Goldsmith January 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM Congratulations on your win. A wonderful write. Love your ending. Have a blessed weekend...............

Ann Peck January 14, 2023 at 10:31 AM A beautiful, heart-felt poem, Valsa. Congratulations on win!

Sotto Poet January 14, 2023 at 6:06 AM Congratulations on your top contest win with this fantastic poem, Valsa. Blessings Valsa George January 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM Thank you so much for placing my poem in the top list and also for giving us this wonderful chance. I feel so glad, dear friend

Bj Legros Kelley January 13, 2023 at 1:35 PM Valsa, your poem and comments are a beacon of light, you have lifted my spirit innumerable times through comments and your poems. Another petal in my pocket from your beautiful soul <3 Your candle is always burning brightly for us to cherish!

Vijay Pandit January 13, 2023 at 5:37 AM Truly revealing in the spirit of contest theme, Valsa. Much depth you convey in this introspective write. Best to you.

Victor Buhagiar January 13, 2023 at 1:09 AM A heartfelt poem. We all make mistakes but have the courage for the future, because that's what counts. Repent of the past and aim at the narrow road to Heaven. Your ending stanzas are magnificent. Hugs.

Stephan McBride January 12, 2023 at 10:06 PM Amen, valsa, we want to trust and believe we are all God's children, some just misbehave, we are all God's creation but need Jesus spirit to become a Child of God,to many becoming their own shrine making God adapt to them,this leaves sorrow and a longing for others once God reveals this,seems the world in a whole just needs a new start to forget all they been taught and start off with Jesus to receive spirit then let the words of Paul to guide one into life,but that's to easy,to many love misery