path of hope
July 3, 2009
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I see pain and rejection
I see fear and loneliness
Is there anyone hearing
These were my thoughts
I couldn’t trust the “many”
The voices who claim to know
The answers to my trouble
I began to search
Believing I could find out
Which direction I could take
To keep from repeating
What was given me
I decided honesty
With myself and those with me
Is the only way to find
A path I could trust
There’s something about
Just making a decision
Not to repeat history
This decision worked
Set me on a path of hope
Believing that I could think
It makes life interesting
When you find the fire in you
That is larger than your pain
Looking for what is real
written June 15, 2008
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a garden
June 13, 2009
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My heart is the place
Where I work each morning
I plow, plant and sow
The seeds are chosen with care
I visualize the fruit
“Loneliness is a desert
Solitude is a garden”*
The mind must be cared for well
I now have a choice
My soul is quiet
In the stillness I listen
Waiting patiently
© Terry S. Smith
written February 10, 2009
* Henri Nouwen
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