Struggling to give up
The predominance of self-centeredness.
The instinct for self-preservation,
Is surpassed by the need to look outward
In empathetic realization
That we as a whole are better
When we consider God,
And others,
Before ourselves.
Absolute Black and White – Resolute Adamic domicile. A black storm Veiling blue sky. Thin ray Cast from persistent Sun steadily Erodes Status quo and Dubious good. With sunlight Upon crystalline Droplets, Rainbow backdrops A dove fleeing Noah’s flood with Olive branch Ushering in An inclusive Love and a Greater good.
When early softness
alights on
tired golden fields,
a scent embodies
the morning.
It is here that
I am young again –
waiting for the school bus
on a country road
without a thought
of being older,
but rather pleasant
hope for an open seat
next to someone sweet.
Long gone are those times of somber sunsets and restful nights. How I wish the feeling of breathing the predawn air would never end. Gardenia scent so rich in late night dew- from outside into my arable formless soul, awaiting the hands of God to sow and nurture a seed of love in my tender but tired heart. (c) 2020 Rick Stassi
dream softly.
feel air brush
across somber
downcast eyes.
see more
than the
night desires.
alone, pass from
sorrow to joy
within an
outstretched
love purposed
for moments
like these.
Seek the sight of
HE whose eyes
penetrate our sorrow.
Finding those times
of self-disdain
permeated from deep inside-
painting the ugliness
we see in the glass.
For thus is an
ill-gotten plan
to destroy and draw
us way from the hope
that His sight
will show us,
through a prism
of divine light
passing through
a tear on our cheek,
a beautifully made
child with hope
and love for
all time.
is the source of all wisdom, and the fountain of all comfort; let it dwell in you richly, as a well of living water, springing up unto everlasting life
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