Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignity
that something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
And So It Is
Beyond the trees
I pray for peace
the fulfillment of needs
and the abundance of love.
Even shadows look for shelter
existing only where light persists
their beauty is the contrast
we find in ourselves.
Surrounded in the piquant smell of fog
our blindness has no relation to the dark.
Faith is a limitless devotion
that includes more than the Divine.
A human strength
is to use insight as our eyes
touch as our intelligence
and openness as bravery.
And so it is that beyond the trees
I pray for peace
the fulfillment of needs
and the abundance of love.
Writing and sharing to Meet the Bar set by Victoria and the dVerse Pub.
Interesting use of verbs to portray inner beauty. Adore your piece. Very heart warming.
Truly faith lives within.. a garden of exquisite emotion to be watered.. sprinkled with seeds of love.. the ever growing truth of being is planted with those seeds of love.. to see faith grow in all human being love can be..:)
it would be nice to have peace
Yes it would. Thanks for commenting.
praying is power. great use of the verb, it is indeed limitless
Thank you Anthony. Cheers!
Pray, persist, and the interesting verb ‘include’..all about hopes and prayer. Nicely said.
Thank you Kathy!
Even shadows look for shelter…. love this… and i too pray for peace and an abundance of love.. the world would look so different..
Thank you Claudia! Yes the world would look different and with our prayers, changes everyday. Peace!
The stanza with the shadows looking for shelter is so good, strong verbs, yet so gentle and kissed with spring.
Wow, thank you Bjorn! Cheers!
I like that abundance of love ~ Thanks for your lovely offering ~
Thank you Grace!
Must also say that my maiden name is DeLinda J. Miller (JoAnne in the middle). Isn’t that funny? 😉
Nice! My J is for Jean but my mother’s maiden name is Jackson so there is yet another tie with our names. 🙂
Pray: the strongest verb of all.
Nicely done.
Thank you De Jackson!
Even shadows look for shelter -really love this line, – Delaina, this is such a beautiful prayer – thanks for sharing it tonight.
Thank you Kathleen!
Hope springs eternal as faith is tested daily; interesting take on the prompt. I liked the lines
/surrounded by the piquant smell of fog/our blindness has no relation to the dark/–as Islamic extremists continue to butcher the innocent, painting them & us with the Infidel brush.
Thank you Glenn for your kind words. Too many hide behind their thoughts of God while destroying the very point.
Amen, and so it is. And along with you, I carry the sometimes heavy burden of hope that it will be at last. Thank you, Delaina.
Hope can be heavy even as it lightens us. Thank you!
Yes, faith is a limitless devotion, isn’t it? We believe and follow and, yes, pray for peace…AND love! Well penned, Delaina.
Thank you Mary, yes we are limitless. 🙂
Strong verbs. The verse about the shadows and the contrasts in us is so powerful. Excellent! and may we all pray for peace.
It is so important to not judge prayers or ourselves. Thank you for your kind words!
nice strong verbs, may all your prayers be answered
Thank you! I hope so to 🙂