Scarlett Sepulvado Anderson Poet I do not know?

The Spirits That Be

Oh Great Spirits that be
How hard you been working on me
Such a comfort when one is hurting
Yet also at times such a burden
All the work yet to be done
Looking to you for that setting sun

Spirits to guide us along the way
And then let us know it's time to end the day
Simple life. Simple mind
But the open absorbing kind
How you've wished they all knew that call
How the Spirit world has a hold of us all

Open eyes that can't help but see
What the Spirit world has in store for thee
Can see the strong and feel the weak
All along begging for the wisdom to know when to speak
Can hear the whispers all around
And it does no good to try and stand my ground

Most times looking crazy for knowing
Too much of the Spirit world and it's comings and goings
Wretched sometimes the things to have aware
Worse when no one else seems to care
But somehow the Spirits keep working around
The many brick walls in the path that get thrown down

Along the way by and by
It was no longer my business to question why
Teach, heal, speak out they keep telling me
Until the last breath and you can no longer breath
Try to go on beleiving we have some sort of control
But still searching for that peace deep down in our souls

How it happens or why it matters not
Once the Spirits that be have found that spot
Best listen and heed the Spirits that be
Already tried running thinking I'd be free
But somehow they always catch up to you and I
Creeping right straight to that inward eye

Now I know I'm crazy but haven't lost my mind
Acceptance gives a peaceful feeling that's kind
And it matters not what burdens we're chosen to bear
Once all's said and done and we're off to somewhere
Only then will we begin to start
The passage that matters and leads straight to the heart

In the midst to feel no kind of pain
Never to know suffering or hurt once again
Try so hard to rise above it all
The Spirits that be and answer the call
When I'm weak and all seems so wrong
How they come to sing me yet another song

Oct 2009

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James Ray Morris January 15, 2010 at 1:40 PM This poem is really inspiring and uplifted me as it covers an attitude in life that I've been shifting towards for the past month with increasing success and many rewards. Thanks for your kind comment on my poem.

John Freeman January 9, 2010 at 2:27 PM Your last stanza "to rise above it all" reminds me of the recurring vision I've had so many time. It is really the minds of other people that we must learn to rise above, if we are to accomplish God's will for our lives.Smile, Sincerely, Love, Moses