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Outstretched Hand

Oh, God how patient is your outstretched hand
Giving one a way to come to know you
From leading one out of captivity
Giving an escape from the enemy
Only that one shall return to be held captive
In gaining self pride in own works
Building idols with own hands 
To worship themselves or things to parrish 
For you have brought

Categories: outstretched, fate,
Form: I do not know?

Arms Outstretched

Stars beam their light from high above
  Earth whispers her secrets deep below
    All around us life is in motion
    God's creation, land and ocean 
      Arms outstretched ~ eternal devotion

Categories: outstretched, dedication, earth, god, life,
Form: Rhyme

Outstretched Hands

Now John and Peter went, for it was time to pray,
A beggar lame from birth encountered on the way.

They found him at the gate, called ‘Beautiful’, this one,
So named because, at day, it glistened in the sun.

And so he met them there, in need, with outstretched palms,
And as they passed him by, he asked to

Categories: outstretched, bible, christian,
Form: Alexandrine

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Outstretched Hand

What will I do?
How will I survive?
If they only knew
How much I need…
The hamburger
Potatoes, carrots
All the corn they 
Never realize
Sustains me

Despite my shame
I hurry toward the line
Where I’ll hide my desire
My hunger, my yearning
Beneath shadowed eyes
Behind a shallow smile

What will I do?
How will I survive?
Do they not see
The worry in my eyes?

What will I do?
How

Categories: outstretched, blessing, food, giving,
Form: Free verse

An Outstretched Hand With Guest Harif

As that fragile snowdrop tentatively
but courageously challenges cold
I defy your icy stance with dignity
raising my head in delicate pride 

White sheets caress the steel rail
cleansed again in chilled spaces
calling me to come back home
will the feelings ever be the same

Outside fantasies running adrift
flying kites and paper airplanes
sunlit shadows hiding all the pain
snowdrop glistens as I

Categories: outstretched, friendship, heart,
Form: Free verse

The Outstretched Palm of Gabriel

regrets rise and fall 
chafing at the frayed nerve endings of a finite life,
unfolding like origami cranes around the neck of kamikaze pilots
chewing at the bones of our discontent,
leaving holes in the fabric being.

regrets, like and of, unborn children 
never growing to fruition, never falling 
bud to blossom they decay, never reaching the Guf
pointless misconceptions

Categories: outstretched, caregiving, child, dream, introspection,
Form: Free verse

The Outstretched Arm

Hanging in mid air
In defiance to wear
My hand stretched out
Tolerant and patient
In genuineness it sought
Friendship beyond the horizon front

It wasn’t begging
It wasn’t warning
It wasn’t betraying
It wasn’t threatening

IT WAS BECKONING
IT WAS CALLING
IT WAS MOTIONING
IT WAS SEEKING

A friend
A companion
A confidant
A fellow warm hand

WHY DID YOU TURN MY STRETCHED ARM DOWN?

Categories: outstretched, adventure, confusion, friendship
Form: Rhyme

White Wings Outstretched

He kneels, this angel we call Gabriel
His white wings stretched as if in gentle mourn

Reddened skies capture his saddened looks
Rages of red in simmering appease surround

For with him lies a lacerated dark angel
Her naked body arched in death mould

Once a night dancer of the dark
Now an empty soul resting against the white

Her once blackened feathers

Categories: outstretched, fantasy
Form: Couplet

A Helping Hand Was Well Outstretched

A struggling friend called me for help,
his world upside down, sinking fast.
I heard him speak of anger and lust
but always beneath was an empty heart.
Then the call ended and I was alone.

Though the advice seemed to calm,
I never talked to this man again
but another might come in need.
I've no sorrow for not knowing his fate
or

Categories: outstretched, friendship,
Form: Alliteration