Sunlight and Shadows

Finding poetry in star dust, sunbeams, and passing clouds

Category: Strength

  • Footsteps

    Walking in the footsteps I took so long ago

    Looking back through years past on what I didn’t know

    Pondering life’s meaning, how moments come and go

    Feeling all those things now I couldn’t feel back then

    Wondering the reason that I am here again

    Thinking of the choices, of what else could have been

    Letting go of questions of why and how and when

    Stepping through the splinters of hurt that still are here

    Lighting up past darkness so I no longer fear

    Storing up the good things, the moments I hold dear

    Turning toward the sunshine so shadows disappear

    Walking in new footsteps as future pathways grow

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  • Letting Go

    Sometimes you fight by standing strong

    Speak out against everything wrong

    But sometimes fighting walks away

    Your absence speaks when you can’t stay

    When you put in your heart and soul

    Letting go can take its toll

    You have to pick up each strewn piece

    Find what to keep and to release

    Moving on still hurts, it’s rough

    Releasing those deep bonds is tough

    But faithful service is worth the cost

    And love freely shared is never lost

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  • Trapeze

    Walking on a bridge so high

    Finding footholds in the sky

    So much to lose, so far to fall

    But not crossing will lose it all

    Sunset light is fading fast

    Don’t know how long time will last

    Thin tangled railings line the way

    That must be crossed here, now, today

    On this bridge I only see

    The churning water under me

    I can’t see, but still I know

    That there are strong supports below

    They’re grounded in the solid rock

    And to the shore they safely dock

    So I have no need to dread

    If I will keep my eyes ahead

    Looking back in clearer skies

    I see the trapeze crystalize

    To form a backdrop, solid ridge

    That guides me on to the next bridge

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  • Valleys

    Confusion is a smoky haze

    That settles on a town for days

    Disappointment is a fall

    From a push off of a wall

    Regret is a relentless flame

    That burns within with deadly aim

    Anticipation is a cloud

    That either sun or rain does shroud

    Exhaustion is a heavy weight

    That slows you down til it’s too late

    Failure is a zero score

    On tests you never saw before

    Criticism is a knife

    You chip away on your own life

    Disapproval is a blind

    To block out others from your mind

    Courage is the faithful trust

    To step out, keep on when you must

    Victory is the summit view

    Of all the valleys you walked through

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  • Here

    Here’s to all the things I’ve seen

    The hard things that I made it through

    The special people I have known

    The promises I found were true

    Here’s to the whispers that I heard

    The times I fought to not give in

    The faith and hope I held onto

    The bonds of love that always win

    Here’s to this safe place I have found

    Each day, each choice that got me here

    Here’s to the future that is mine

    To looking forward without fear

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  • Mosaic

    I am a traveler in a dark wood

    Simply searching for something good

    I am a nomad on desert sand

    A tiny speck in something grand

    I am a sailor out on the sea

    Rowing to something promised to me

    I am a pilot in the sunset sky

    Looking for beauty in clouds passing by

    I am a driver speeding in a race

    Trying to hold onto life’s fast pace

    I am a diver swimming in the tide

    Searching to find out where treasures hide

    I am a wrangler riding a wild horse

    Keeping a herd of cattle on course

    I am a writer with a pen in my hand

    Just trying to catch the words as they land

    The beauty of life is that each is unique

    With a mission, a role, a treasure to seek

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