The corner yard was where they stood.
Gracious appreciation was shown in each sprouting bud.
Mixed colors that depicted a RUSTIC., hand painted design.
Brilliant beauty will EMANATE from each one.
Roses, roses how quaint.
TIMELESS is their history
Joy is what it gives.
Hope to the eyes of the beholder.
Soft sumner winds sends petals SWIRLING to the ground.
Strong storms gives the illusion of a red carpet welcome
on white concrete oavement.
Walking thru them leads to feelings of grandiose.
Seeing bare stems to a sense of loss.
Cutting them back calls for SILENCE .
Loving sunlight leads to regrowth.
Rain water refreshes and restores.
The early morning dew helps them BLOSSOM happily.
Eight words poetry contest sponsor Joseph May
God has a purpose for all who is living
So everybody listen and you will be hearing
God is calling us to spread His word
God wants us to know He is true to His word
God has a purpose for each and everyone
Though the tasks will be different from each one
The purpose is still the same as you can see
God wants us to love everyone so we all can be free
God's love is strong and true for me and you
God sent his only son to die for us to
God knew we were going to be sinning
God knew even in the beginning
God gave us tasks so easy to obey
So you ask what happened that unfaithful day
The devil came to play, kill, destroy, and deceive
So we all need to be strong and believe
God has a purpose for all even you and me.
At first only one
happy and blessed to have three
two daughters, a son
And wonderful grandkids came from each one...
two grandsons, three granddaughters...fruition!
February 26, 2019
Contest: Charliekucoup
Sponsor: Charles Messina
God Started Shaving
Off my sins God started shaving
Me from them was always saving
From each one he would release
Efforts to help others did increase
At God each morning will be waving.
Jim Horn
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx
TIME PASSES. . .
with it the faces of those we knew who are no longer with us.
LOVE AND LIFE. . .
Parents, Grandparents, Brothers, Sisters, Uncles, Aunts, Husbands, Wives,
Children, and Friends who helped shape to our lives.
SOMBER SORROW. . .
as we try now to remember them and the Spirit of Life each one had within.
HAPPY HEARTACHE. . .
the little smile which forms on our face as we think of something they did to
make us laugh at ourselves.
MEMORIES SAVED. . .
those rich treasures we keep within from each one, as we see their faces, hear
their voices, and remember them once more.
AWAKE NOW. . .
our eyes open to the life giving memories we now make with those who
remain, saving the moment, the look, the sound for another time.
TIME PASSES. . .
when all the cherished moments will be brought together on the day of
reunion promised by our Lord. The day of never ending reunion with Him.
from a photo challenge in A Poet's Haven
Out there amidst the glowing stars
She lived a thousand, thousand times
Holds onto memories from each one
She has loved the same man
In each one as their love
Has never ended and she searches
For him now out there amidst
The glowing stars is the one
She has loved a million times
And here amidst are humble Terra
There are but a few who
Understand the conciseness of a single
Grain of Stardust let alone all
The memories contained within each one
How can we all be a manifest?
To create a world that's blessed?
Should be a lifetime quest,
Smiles and kindness are free,
Sent from each one personally,
To approach each day positively,
Positive plans for every day,
How can we be manifests today?
Dreamt a dream that I was dreaming
of a time so long ago
That yesterday had not yet come;
was so much we’d never know.
Day by day we were wandering
without rhyme or reason why,
Been going off to nowhere fast,
underneath a big blue sky.
Saw visions in a forest deep
of those once already been;
From each one lost that had been found
to the last who would soon win.
Somewhere is kept the journey’s end
as a secret futures share,
And glimpses only do we see
of lives to which we compare.
Far beyond the snow-capped mountain
and the narrow valley stream,
Tomorrow’s such a long time gone
that life’s nothing but a dream.
I cant help but to think of myself as a screw up on so many levels.
I always make mistakes, not always the same,
Different ones now and again.
And I try to learn and improve from each one of them.
I don’t really know what to do, it's unknown...
it seems as if I am “mistake prone.”
I don’t even know how to be,
I disappoint everyone including me.
Hell I don’t even know how to act,
I walk around with a smile as my mask.
I lie to everyone including myself,
I say I’m “okay” and “fine”... What else?
I figure if I keep this mask of mine on,
Maybe I’ll believe it after a little time has gone.
I'm tired of saying “I don’t know” and “sorry,” but I honestly don’t know what else to say,
I feel as though everything's my fault... I’m to blame.
I disappoint everyone in this stupid life always.
There's always someone I want to please, but every time...
Someone's not happy...
On the evening breeze
the sweet melody of birds
is the only sound I hear,
music without words.
They sing the setting sun
to its nightly rest
and bid adieu to day
as they settle in their nest.
Like an orchestra they play,
different notes from each one.
I'm surrounded by their melody
as I watch the setting sun.
On the evening breeze
the sweet melody of birds,
filling my soul with joy,
music without words.
We’re All Broken People
We’re all broken people;
Each soul has a void inside
To fill that void is God’s mystery,
From each one He does hide.
We try to fill the emptiness
With many material things.
Alcohol, drugs, sex or wealth,
But no solace these things bring.
To heal broken minds and bodies
Is only something God can do.
His love is complete for us—
Each broken soul made new!
Broken people are hurting
In every nation of the world;
They need the Savior’s love;
In his precious arms to be curled.
The world cannot free us
From this brokenness of soul.
Riches let us down and don’t fill us;
Fail to make us feel whole.
We need the love of the Father
To mend our broken souls;
To serve others lovingly
In our earthly, daily roles.
We’re all broken people—
Addictions keep many bound.
Some take their own lives,
When the Savior’s love’s not found.
Broken people need God’s healing;
Need to be set free…
Free from the bondage of evil—
Freedom’s for every one of you and me!
Copyright © 2011-2012 Maureen LeFanue
www.maureenlefanue.com
As much as I wish this frigid season
Would change into warmer days of springtime.
I can’t help feeling sad for some reason:
Ruefulness within my subconscious mind.
It might be the ending of snowball fights
Where I was the children's adversary;
Or perhaps it was those cold winter nights
When we all sang carols and was merry.
Whatever might be the reason for it
I guess I will never really know why.
Therefore it shall remain indefinite
In the recesses of my mind. Time flies
By so fleetingly season to season
A little sadness lingers from each one.
They laugh, they smile, they share their words,
A crowd of friendly faces, yet there’s uncertainty.
What do I say? How do I act? What do I share?
I really do not know or fear how to be just me.
I stand, I stutter, I fear every word I may say
Knowing I am completely different from each one.
Yet, they seem like a whole, connected in a way
So tightly, that my thoughts are to just run.
Friends? Friends? Can one truly define that?
I have no understanding of the concept, or just fear.
I know what I want, need or maybe just dream of,
But, yet think about leaving when people are near.
Why is it difficult when others make it seem easy?
It can’t be that hard, they’re not that different at all.
I don’t know how to start or have high expectations
Or is it that I truly find comfort on this wall?
I wonder, do daises tell?
Among us, who hasn't tried
More than once petals to expel?
Watch whispers of white-hearted hope
From within this circled chain;
Petaled path on which we grope.
Numbers hold this uncertain
Mystery until they're plucked
One by one. Life is taken
From each one because of lore,
To assuage the human heart.
They die to make your love soar!