Can you count your blessings ~
will we ever find a way to say ~
I found my way to heaven
before the break of day
Are there ever tears enough
to feel so bad as when
we held the suffering of friends
and longed to make it end
Where will we ever find
the truth of light in life
is time enough to ever know
the stars so far and wide
Or there within the rainbow
will we see the joy beyond
that carries souls forever free
into love’s eternal home
For only when we come to see
the light beyond the storm
will we have learned the message of
the ones who went before
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Beautifully written. I often wonder if that isn’t the compelling reason for life in the now. To feel grateful for what you have when you have it. Surely that’s the point – recognizing the blessing, and the truth of the blessing. I mean happily ever after doesn’t mean happy forever. Everafter ~ what precisely is that? Your dreams, your life, your death, your everything. Is it the place that exists without us ~ the forever after we are gone? OR is it the light we become beyond the storm of our existence? Thought provoking piece. ~ B
Stars, rainbows, heaven – what beautiful light imagery. I suppose we often overlook the light that is evident all around us. And as you’ve pointed out – there is life in every death, light in every darkness. And that fact, that fact reassures me.
Each passing a new beginning, we should be conscious of all these things …
We are all energy; linked, souls, nature. Carried forward by love. xx
A unbroken tapestry of light, only living in its own shadows …
Yes…your colours of the wind helped me to dispel a shadow or two this weekend. Thank you xx
Tremendous poem…just simply beautiful!
Thank you so much …
To know, see behind the illusion, the sting of life and suffering of others…and still carry the joy and Glory of the Truth behind within, throughout at the same time! Yes! Wonderful View! Linda
We can never hurt enough to take away that pain, we can only witness the truth, and understand the moment without judgement …
The ability to see light in every type of darkness is truly a gift of Grace!
It truly takes an inner eye, and must be felt, rather than seen …
I never cease to be amazed and humbled by your insights…beautifully said Peter.
Jeannie – when I hear words like these, I am humbled, and want only to share more … Thank you so much
xox