If the blind put their hand in God's they find their way more
surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.
-- Helen Keller
Sparked by that quote this is an example of one of my
favorite poetry exercises: where you begin and finish
the poem with the same word and start each line with
the word that ended the line before while trying (this
is the hard part) to make the whole poem make sense;
although if you want to be technical the first and last
words are not the same but thought I'd share this one.
Enjoy!
CLOSE YOUR EYES
Close your eyes and see,
See your world in the dark;
Dark and blue sky come together,
Together like clouds in midnight dreams.
Dreams tell their own stories,
Stories so full of anxiety and joy;
Joy and worry paint fading pictures,
Pictures made with watercolors in the rain.
Rain falls against the windows,
Windows shut against raging storms,
Storms of life: storms of anger, storms of sorrow,
Sorrow like bloody tears falling from the eyes of Christ.
Christ and Christ alone opens our hearts,
Hearts with eyes closed in fear of what will get in;
In place of sorrow He gives joy, for anger grace,
Grace withstands faithless fury and holds
the sainted sinner close.
Jeffrey E Pollock
August 13, 2009
18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light
so that you can understand the confident hope He
has given to those He called—His holy people who
are His rich and glorious inheritance. 19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible
greatness of God's power for us who believe Him. |
