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SOLSTICE

With little note, the sky is changed. Light extends its time; And the longest darkness of our nights Now are days behind.   The change, it happens subtle, But that is all it takes To begin the cycle Where our world, again, will wake:   When life rises from the Earth, Spreads amongst the trees, […]

FINALLY

I admitted I was lonely: And so I wrote it down. Then put it out to all the world In hopes it might be found;   That I might learn and come to see It wasn’t only me; That someone else might feel the same And feel a friend in me.   I’ve never been […]

ACT OF THE WILL

“Love is not primarily an emotion, but an act of the will.”—Bishop Robert Barron                   There are many days I don’t feel love, not in the way most often imagined.  I don’t wake, heart aglow with passion or elation for another.  As years pass, people and passions change.  It’s not what it was when […]

EACH AND EVERY DAY

There are many days I pray Just to find a little sense; In search of understanding to The greater point of this:   Love each other, everyone, However yours may show. Live the good.  Speak it too. Let your love be known.   Own mistakes.  Accept their ends. Then make another start; Living a better […]

FEEL

I feel joy greatly, hurt and pain—the same. I share the one, hold others in Until the first comes back again.   I write to let the others free In ways someone may see, and feel, Without thinking less of me.    There are times when I smile, Just to keep the other off. No, […]

ONLY GOOD

I don’t worry if I’m wrong. I know my heart is good. There were seasons when I did, More than I ever should;   That left me broken, left me dark, Denied the good within my heart;   But such has passed and now I see, Again, the good that is of me; And if […]