FINDING MY WINGS

Finding My Wings

The night reaches it's darkened fingers

Out to touch my face

And in a flash of lightning I see

The great expanse of nothingness there

Beckoning me to join it

But I will not.

I am a rose petal caught in a breeze

Softly swirling down to a sun baked earth

That gives no nurture, no sustenance

And still I cling to life without my roots

But I cling in hope.

I am a poet without a poem

A singer without a song

A lover without a love

And what is that in the scheme of things?

A beautiful bird that's lost it's wings?

I will fly on in my heart without them

For I will never forget how the current feels

How the clouds taste, how the sky curves

How high I flew when love lifted me.

The night will not take me down

I will fight it with the memory of day

Full moon madness will I ignore

Face thunderstorms with my fists raised high.

I was born for gossamer and grace

Fragrance of flowers and laughing in the sun

A man's arms around me, twirling me in the dance

Not this emptiness that follows me like a shadow.

I will have none of it!

I will regain what has been stolen

I will walk in beauty with my soul intact

With unfelt smiles decorating my face

I will reach my hand out to tomorrow

Where love lies hiding

And I shall fly again.

©by Voo

August 18, 07

Dance Me To The End of Love

 

SITTING IN SILENCE TOGETHER

Sitting in Silence Together



Sitting in silence together
We shared our aching hearts
She with her unanswered qurestions
And me, knowing not how to start.


I wanted to comfort and love her
And she needed comfort and love
But I knew that what she was needing
Could only be sent from above.


I prayed to be His willing vessel
His hands and His feet on this Earth
But how do you speak to the grieving
Who'd lost what she'd found at that birth?


I searched for correct words to give her
I fumbled for just the right touch
I just needed to make her feel better
But my human words didn't help much.


And then I heard the Lord say to me:
Just be and I will do
Just let her know she's not alone
And I will work through you.


And so I sat there, silent
And let HIm speak through me
Let Him touch her like I could not
And see what she only could see.


Sometimes it's best to do nothing
Sometimes it's good to be quiet
Sometimes just to be present is loving
And shines like the sun in the night.


And so we sat in the silence
Grieving and asking our whys
And though I had no counsel to give her
She thanked me with love in her eyes.


🅒 by Voo
 10:25 p.m.
Oct 8, 2013

Baby I Need Your Lovin'