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Shine inside yourself.(For my son.)
Contributed by
kay-p-m-devenish
on
Sunday, 4th September 2005 @ 09:17:49 PM in AEST
Topic:
spiritual
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He tried to decorate himself to everybody's taste
he copied everybody else to keep up with their pace.
The soul inside his temple
it never felt at ease
but still he did it all their way
struggling hard to please.
And he wore the colours that they liked inside him,
and he wore the face that they approved of too,
and the stony walls that they picked out he lived in,
while he lived inside their favourite shades of blue .
His furnishings made most the world contented,
they smiled to know he did things all their way,
but inside, alone ,his spirit felt demented,
and at times,his heart it wished hard NOT to stay.
The peers whom he looked up to were ecstatic
as he decorated just the way they chose
for his aim to please them ever was emphatic
that his heart would strive to love and please all those.
Every night inside the chambers of his dwelling
(in the temple that held his own soul's wealth)
a feeling so alone and dark was telling
him
he was
a stranger to ...himself.
To change himself
he knew his peers would scorn him,
and the fear of that it hurt in every place,
and to walk alone on roads he felt unsure in
took all his courage and all of God's grace.
So he took some steps that day
and tore the walls down
and he threw the furnishings they loved outside,
and he shook all decorations to the floor ground
ripping out and burning up false pride,
'Till
his temple held but nothing when he finished,
and the ones he knew all turned to run away.
while the ocean tide inside is eyes diminished,
and his rooms illuminated as he pray.
He prayed for all the wisdom that he needed
to decorate his life with honest love
and a miracle of beauty then succeeded
for each temple room... with God... glowed brightly of.
The moral of this poem is
'Shine inside your self ,
decorate to please The One you should,
keep nothing in your heart except God's own wealth...
for then your soul is always housed ...with Good
Footnote:
This poem is for Jared,my 32 year old son
he gave me the idea for this poem and he urged me
to write it...it is about his journey to find himself.
I am blessed to reveal to you that he did find himself
though it meant losing most his old larikan mates,
(whom he cared for) they didn't understand that he
wanted to spend his life serving God and the church
(Salvation Army) whom he only found near his thirties.
I never took him to church,(except occasionally at Christmas)
I don't go myself so this was a surprise to me too.I am very glad
he is...at last... truly contented.I am very proud of him.
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kay-p-m-devenish
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2005-09-04 21:17:49]
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Re: Shine inside yourself.(For my son.)
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by Archie on
Sunday, 4th September 2005 @ 09:30:32 PM AEST
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| This is an awesome write and i am very glad for your son. I am making the same journey. Your poem is a great inspiration to me. Thanks. |
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Re: Shine inside yourself.(For my son.)
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by Pisces101 on
Monday, 5th September 2005 @ 12:56:08 AM AEST
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| b e a u t i f u l. you are a wonderful writer. the rythm of this poem was excellent. hope to write this well one day. your son must be excellent inspiration. |
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Re: Shine inside yourself.(For my son.)
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by Elizabeth_Dandy on
Saturday, 17th June 2006 @ 05:35:12 PM AEST
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oH kAY WHAT A WONDE RFUL POST, your love for your son shines in every word of this beautiful poem. And you insight and wisdom for his greater good.
I have several similar works and some in the going on the same issue.
Train him to let his light shine oh wonderful mother you
Blessings in abundance
Love and peace
lizabeth andy |
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