Mindful memories
Lingering sunsets
Beach waves
Quiet escape
Captured contentment
Awakened sunrise
Cool breeze
Stolen moments
Inspired beauty
Artistic allure
Bright splash
Colors alive
Canvas inspired
Images recalled
Brush swish
Composed splendor
Personal Pleasure
Desires explored
Broad strokes
Painted finish
Do we dare to search?
Do we dare to seek?
Will we break the bond?
Will they understand?
Does it matter?
Shine the light.
Lead the way.
Follow the path.
Move forward.
Trust.
Where the light shines.
Copyright Maggie Marcum
Dying drying trees
Brown and lifeless
Or
Rebirthing trees,
Waiting for new life?
Strong foundations
Branching off, crisscrossing,
Intersecting each other
New paths
Giving way to
New life.
Solid trees, grown upright,
Branches reaching upward
Unity in growth
Brown transformed to green
Renewed
Replenished
Beckoning us..
Foundations rooted
 in
Rich soil
Growing, dying, rebirthing
All reaching up
All branching out
All rooted in hope
Watered in love
Growing through faith.
Maggie Marcum
Early rise
Up with the sun
New clothes lay out
Nervous stomach flipping
Backpacks full
Ready to go
Watching the clock
Another year begun
New routines
Buses to catch
Carpools head out
Morning rush back in place
Busy halls
Classes to find
Subjects to hate
New friendships to be made
Lunch box packed
Searching for friends
Standing alone
Wanting to belong here
Sighed relief
Finished the day
Survived again
To repeat tomorrow
One heart stops
One heart beats
Life goes on
Alone
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Heaven sent
Earthly bound
Memories
Forever
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One life done
One begun
New living
Forward
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Seeing God
Trusting God
Life again
Promised
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Darkness falls
Silence follows
Chirping crickets
Crying babies
Silence broken
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Night evolves
Moon shines
Stars twinkle
Plane lights high
Light the sky
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Nightly moves
Dogs last walk
Cars at home
Street light glows
Settling in
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Night callings
Bed waiting
Shades drawn
Prayers said
Peaceful ending
Have we missed the splendor of God’s earth?
 Sunrise gongs the rush to work,
Wind in our hair; combs set to repair.
Rivers running to the sea: only bridges to destinations.
Pleasure distorted in success.
 Day in; day out
Sunrise to sunset.
Patterns lived without living.
Missed delight for opportunity.
Forced annual enjoyment;
With minds distracted.
Beauty taken for granted.
Missed joy in being.
 New this; new that
Propel us forward
The things we hold
While peace slips away.
Revolution of our days,
Turning over again and again.
Harbored misery and discontent
While calm eludes us.
Imagined peace realized.
Simplicity revived.
Newfound reason for the day.
Old things pass away.
New growth made fresh.
New reason for being.
Real joy.
Real peace.
Found in God’s splendor this day.
(Inspired by Ecclesiastes Chapter One
I search for you,
In the rooms I enter,
In the quiet of my fear;
I look for you.
Are you really there?
Do you see me?
Do you really love me?
Is it me, or is it you?
I am weak.
I am unsure.
I am alone.
And yet, I feel you near.
Fill my heart.
Fill my mind.
Change my heart.
Change my life.
Out of the shadows I come,
Into your light I run
Into your presence I sit
Here you are real
Here I believe.
Here I thirst.
In the light I find hope.
In this corner I grow.
Forever changing
Forever healing
Forever searching
Forever Finding You
I am standing at the corner of the street.
There is a path ahead which I know I am to travel.
There are benches where I sit and wait.
I see the arrows pointing forward, yet,
I stand at the corner, afraid to move.
I watch as others move down the pathway;
Their steps moving them forward–closer.
They advance, step by step, as I watch in envy.
Confidently they pursue their dream.
Yet I watch and wonder if ever I will move.
I look at the branches off this path;
Diversions from the journey.
The excuses that keep me from moving.
The fear of failure and criticism.
Frozen, I wait for divine assurance.
Like a drifting boat, rudderless on the path;
I reach for the horizon ahead.
I pray, I calculate, I question.
I must move; I must heed the call.
He is waiting…HE is waiting.
One small step on the path is all I need
One move from here.
Then another, and another to there.
Trust, belief, faith.
We can do this. HE and I.
Snow flake on snow flake
Growing blanket of winter.
Rooftops frosted in white.
My season of delight.
Diamonds in the dark.
Dancing sparkle in the sky.
One shining oh so bright’
The reason for the light.
Guiding star above.
Lights the path to follow.
News the angels recite.
The lesson of the night.
Words coming to life.
History born in a barn.
Promises to ignite.
Generations made right.
Christmas joy arrives.
Dreams of a savior fulfilled.
Heard in a meadow bright.
Glorious risen light.
Christmas of white.
Starlight of life.
Pathway of truth.
Reason for life.
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