Surrender
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Written on March 13, 2025
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While the past still overshadows my dreams
At times, I see the forest in spite of trees
Huge oaks – leaves of doubt fading from their limbs
Silent pines, wistful stories falling in cones of shame
Whirlybirds from maples, feeling lost amid the chaotic world so grim
While the past may feel like a cloak of sorrow
Dimming the light of joy and peace, such grief
In distant eyes, pain breaking through the branches of hope
Starlight weakening, prevented from glistening with still life
As the melancholic, the lonely, invite the tones of distrust so overpowering
While the past plays its song, warring with serenity
A gentle tear caresses a cheek, breathing intimacy
Forgiving what the world can’t see, the fears so sensitive
Pouring out their blank stares, revealing the tear stained breath
Colors of gray, destined – fate revealing the ways of disgrace and despair
While the past remembers only the sad, the wrong, the dark
My heart seeks the only One who can forgive that old song,
The one that proved to me that I had a need, and I believed
So He set me free from me – the old is gone and I can say I belong
To the Son of God and I’ll keep moving on, pouring out my heart, my soul…
Forever, He is light – He is love – He is hope
He is the One who taught me what it means to see
The forest despite those trees – that reveal the worst I’ve been
Reminding me, once again, He saved me so I have a friend in Him,
The One who taught my heart to seek and the One who gave me such sweet peace!
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2025
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