"One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind, to dissipate one's fears, to face one's doubts, to look at one's mistakes--in order to retrieve them. One writes to capture and crystallize one's joy, but also to disperse one's gloom. Like prayer--you go to it in sorrow more than joy, for help, a road back to grace."

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh - (1906-2002) from War Within and Without - Diaries and Letters: 1939-1944

Monday, September 20, 2010

OPEN TO LOVE

An opportunity gone
A door finally closed
Path ahead still unknown

Still searching
Waiting for a sign
Where from here?
What next?

Empty soul still praying for a home
And a heart that longs to soar
Older now
How many chances left?
Is this all there is?
Peggy Lee sings: “Then let’s keep dancing”
But where is my partner?
Too long I’ve waited
Time wasted
Hope spent
Chances not taken
Regret looms large

Where is the healing?
Where the peace?
Where the top of the hill…the safe haven…the place I can rest?

Hope does not spring eternal
And sleep brings no rest
How do you turn off your mind?

Trying to be patient
Open to change
Open to new beginnings
Open to LOVE

JBH 8/16/10
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