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Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2001-05-10 10:28 PM

I sit silently watching
Through the window
As the sky opens up
Rain comes pouring down
Suddenly the light of day
Turns into the black of night

This mirrors the metamorphosis
Going on inside of me lately
Perhaps it is a turning point
Which will help me etch
The path that leads me to
A long awaited future

There are times my mind
Clouds up like the sky
Before she unleashes
The elements upon us
These are the times
Everything looks gray

I really can’t tell which way
I should choose to follow
For they both look the same
To my weary eyes sometimes
So I follow blindly
Placing faith in the Lord

I trust He will point the way
That I am meant to tread
At the end, He awaits me
With a reward for my faithfulness
For even when the road was bleak
I continued to persevere

I knew in my heart that He
Would lead me home to heaven
Where I will gather with those
Who have come before me
Friends, family, and loved ones
Will reunite and rejoice in His glory

Outside the storm continues to rage
Rain falls upon the ground heavily
Thunder rolls and lightning streaks
Yet inside my heart a rainbow appears
It serves as a symbol of the rebirth
Of a spirit that shall always endure

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

1 posted 2001-05-10 10:35 PM

Sometimes our faith is tested, but that's the time to remember what we believe. It's hard, but it's worth it in the end!

Wonerful work Jennifer....hope that things look up for you soon.

latin passion
Senior Member

since 2001-04-26

Posts 576

2 posted 2001-05-10 10:38 PM

May you have a long life in your quest.

For those who believed in me -
I send my love.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-05-10 10:57 PM

LoneWolf~
When our faith is tested, we are shown the ways to become stronger.
Relying on our faith draws the perfect map that we need to follow.

'Perhaps it is a turning point
Which will help me etch
The path that leads me to
A long awaited future'

*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2001-05-10 11:34 PM

This is deep, Jennifer.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

5 posted 2001-05-11 04:54 AM

I really enjoyed this one, and just keep following that road!

~*~ I write ~ Therefore I am ~*~

Homepage: http://www.mysteria-poetry.cityslide.com/contents/contents.cfm/451673

White Wolf
Member

since 1999-09-18

Posts 371
Somewhere in the vast wasteland

6 posted 2001-05-11 05:46 AM

I have found that life has many crossroads and sometimes one road is no more right or wrong than the other. In these cases I believe that is not testing us but allowing us a choice in how we will fufill that which He wants us to do. As to tests of faith I believe, from what I have studied, that God will no test us but rather He allows us to be tested. I like this piece. It accurately describes the crossroads that we all come to. Very well penned.

The White Wolf

If life is just a game, when does it end cause I want to get to what is real.

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