The Visitor

You stole in unbeknown'st to me
with soft and silent tread,
You laid your hands upon my heart
and my confusions fled.

You stretched and flexed its crumpled wings
unused to flights of joy,
they tripped and skipped in gratitude
just like a little boy,

and by degrees my troubled soul
took solace from above,
my empty feelings of despair
transfigured by Your Love.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 1/30/2016 1:45:00 PM
Nice write Keith.
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Date: 1/24/2016 11:40:00 AM
Thank God you did pull through Keith, and how many more blessings will God bestow upon you for giving such thanks! Bless you dear friend. from jean
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Date: 1/24/2016 12:29:00 PM
Thank you Jean... it is nice of you to say so. Keith
Date: 1/24/2016 11:13:00 AM
This is beautiful Keith, touches my heart, what a gifted writer you are. Your friend. Jean
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Date: 1/24/2016 11:28:00 AM
There behind lies a tale... I wrote this upon my discharge from a psychiatric unit where I was under treatment for depression. This is my thank you note to God for pulling me through! Thanks Jean. Your kind remarks are greatly appreciated. Keith
Date: 1/24/2016 8:35:00 AM
You write such lovely quatrains of rhyme, Keith.
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Lin Lane
Date: 1/24/2016 8:46:00 AM
I thank Him every day for so many things. I'm glad your treatment worked.
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Date: 1/24/2016 8:39:00 AM
Thanks Lin... I wrote this upon discharge from a psychiatric facility where I was being treated for depression... it was, and is, my thanks to God for pulling me through. Keith
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