Two commandments
seemingly at odds with one another.
How to keep one
without completely breaking the other? Continue reading
Serious Poems
Pacing
Anxiety and worry
I tend to wear on my shoulder
Still I carry on
like a frightened soldier.
Sleep will not come
for the troubled and concerned heart.
The load is heavy
when adversity will not part.
A rut in the floor
will be impressed soon enough
as I search for answers
primarily filled with love.
Answers elude me
when I try to find them alone.
This is more than
I can ever do on my own.
My troubles make me
pace a thousand times or more
but no peace comes
until my knees hit the floor.
The answer comes,
“Your troubles I will keep.
Rest now child,
it is time for you to sleep.”
© 2013 ck’s days
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One by One
Lost Love
My New Year resolution
As I Walk the Streets of Bethlehem
Sleep would not come
so I stepped into the night air.
The night was brisk
as I tried to walk away my cares –
so many cares.
Stand Strong
When you look at your day
and you see only dark –
You want to find some hope
but you no longer trust your heart.
The Handmaid of the Lord
Mary, so faithful, received a call from above.
A chosen vessel, she’d bring forth the gospel of love.
A calling so great, how would she reply?
Could she deny her fate, how could she defy? Continue reading
My quilt
The colors in my quilt,
Each tell a different story
of people in my life,
Who have woven a tapestry. Continue reading
My thankful list
I am thankful for…
a warm bed to climb into
the food in the cupboard and on the table
the company I keep
that I am fit and able
the car that I drive
the job that I go to
the bills I can pay
all that I get to do
the state I live in
the people I know
the education I have had
the places I can go
a hug and a kiss
a warm smile on a friendly face
my small crowd of fans cheering me on
an understanding grace
trials that knock me down
strength that helps me stand
opposition that makes me grow
an knowledge of the plan
the loving family that I have
my mom’s scriptures that I read
trust and faith extended to me
a small and kind deed
the Atonement offered to me
the fact I know where I belong
examples to light the way…
this list can go on and on.
I may not have it all
but I could not ask for more
except to say more often
what I’m thankful for.
© 2013 ck’s days
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