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The Poetry Thread.
Deborah-Leigh:
Oh Snowfire
....what a beautiful and welcome gift!
You know, there is nothing so sweet to me as pure, genuine, clean, unaffected kindness.
I see that Anne Bronte lived only 29 years! Oh how sweet her sleep if in her life she knew such beauty!....
...and she will wake to the author of her life and sweet lover of her soul who shone such radiant a prose into her heart set to repose and then to sleep, her powerful words no more to keep but set on course and into time where she via you would bring her rhyme.
Snowfire....thank you to the God of beauty that caused you to send that to me.....It brought tears to my eyes at the extraordinary closeness in thinking that is visible in Anne’s poem ..........
It appears that both you and Anne know me. Anne for having shared something intimate about herself that is very acquainted to feelings I have not written but have felt and you for recognition of the essence of meaning in beauty beyond the temporal plane of existence.
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
skydreamers:
What beautiful poetry everyone...awesome!! I use to write a lot of poetry when I was younger but have let it go over the years. But all of you have inspired me to pick up the pen and try my hand at it again!! Stay tuned....
In the meantime I wanted to share not a poem but the lyrics to a song I really love:
Lost At Sea
by Jimmy Needham
How could you see what you see
and not totally
Want to discontinue me
for all eternity and then some
It bothers me so that I could be so
Completely unaffected when connected to the holy one
And so I sit here and stare at this page
and wonder at what age
it will become clear to me
So for now I am clueless
to how you do this
And how you move this spirit in me
Chorus:
I’m going Your way
Even though I cannot see in front of me
I’m going Your way
Even though I feel lost at sea
How could your favor be the flavor I savor
When the fruits of my labor are so unfavorable
And old pages
are setting the stages
for something outrageous
A man who can save all our souls
Ride the wave, wave goodbye, by the way did I mention today
That I don’t know the way home
So could you take me by the hand
and lead me to the dryer land
So I can finally breathe again instead of sinking like a stone
And now I will diligently
and not religiously
but affectionately
come before the throne of your grace
in this place and seek your face
For all eternity and then some
{You can listen to the song if you like at this site:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=21876848
Just click on the song title: Lost at Sea, underneath the player on the right}
Peace,
Diana
skydreamers:
Another song I love...
Face of Time
by Jason Upton
I can remember when I was afraid like you
Not so long ago
Confusion ruled my life wondering what to do
Not so long ago
These are resting waves from a memory
In a hiding place in my mind
But the sweetest taste is a history
When suffering wears the face of time
The pain hurt way too much the water was so cold
Not so long ago
That’s when light rescued me from darkness I was free
Not so long ago
In the place of suffering
There’s a God worth worshipping
On these wings of worship we will ride...
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Diana
I went to listen to that "Lost as Sea"song. I believe it captures the feeling most of us have when we begin to realise that we are lost in the sea of humanity! Thank you for the link. I couldn't help thinking that the song is also singing out elsewhere perhaps even at the same time in the home of a dear brother or sister here in the Forum!....I think we can all relate to the lyrics before we were blessed to find Bible Truths! :D
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Snowfire
For you. Don’t know who wrote it…..
Before the body
Before the story
Before the Name
Beyond the mind’s attempt to find or explain
Before the breath
Beyond the sense of pleasure or of pain
And after death
And after death I AM
Within the heart
The whole and part
Of everything I see
Behind the eyes
Beyond the sky’s
Reflecting Me
At the silent core
And yet before phenomenon began
Oh and after it
And after it I AM
Many differences separate us on the surface yes
But I cannot find a boundary in consciousness
And when you ask me
Where does awareness begin and does it end?
I have to say
I have to say
I have to say….I’ve always been.
Within the body
Without the body and not subject to
Changing moods, states of health, points of view.
Without these, before deeds and the monuments of man
Oh and after them
After them I AM
Many differences separate us on the surface yes
But I cannot find a boundary in consciousness
And when you ask me
Where does awareness begin and does it end?
I have to say
I have to say
I have to say….I’ve always been……
At the silent core
And yet before phenomenon began
Oh and after it
After it I AM
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