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Poems from Another Lifetime Part 7
by Marijo Phelps Poems from Another Lifetime Part 7 TREASURE LOST Perhaps losses led to gain Better weight and measure To see what one attains When one "looses" a treasure Not really out of reach In value the gem does grow A lesson this does teach One that I now know Having opportunity to compare with others The gem's true value I see I appreciate it so much more When it comes back to me When treasure is hard to clasp We realize its true being Only then can we grasp This lesson's truest meaning The treasure out of hand Becomes so much dearer Just think, I'd never have known Had this gem stayed nearer. PROMISE We promised always to tell each other Yet I really don't know how To tell you that there's someone else Who I'm in love with now UNLOCKED AND PAINTED I want a chance to know you better As a person, as a man and as a boy Give me another chance to reach for the key Which might slowly unlock the secrets of the total you If all goes well And in return for that chance to try I will let you watch the brush Which is constantly painting the total me In time we might come to know The two selves Unlocked and painted If all goes well LOVE AND COMMITMENT For so long it has not come to me Yet I have that feeling now Always retained It needs only to be awakened From its drowsy sleep Awakened by subtle prodding From without A prodding felt At the soul of within. ODE TO YOU A minute with nothing in it A thought for you A minute seems too long to waste But I take two A minute for you Every one of every day Many of my minutes Are spent this way A slave of a minute An hour, a thought But your slave is something That I am not! This is part of a series of poems which were written years ago before I came to know Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Some were written when I was a professing atheist and an alcoholic. If you have read my pieces since I came to Jesus I think the contrast is evident. My blog is: http://myincrediblelord.blogspot.com/ (C) Marijo Phelps all rights reserved. Use with proper credits. About Self Saved by His grace in 1974, from 9 years of professing atheism into His loving arms. RN for 23 years, missionary with YWAM then statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ over 9 years. Living with my husband in the middle of a mountain meadow. GRIN! Wanting to spread the good news Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |