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Prayers
By Susan George
A ray of hope for the unsettled heart;
The confusion, despair, and disappointment that certainly prevails;
A feeling of impediment dawns upon us during painful times;
Who do we turn to? Where do we find solace?
A flurry of thoughts run by us, even in moments of silence;
Because prayers are an art in itself;
An art not to be perfected, but to be a constant;
It shows the depths of faith in your heart;
It is the relief we always wanted to experience;
The calm;
And then it is a metamorphosis of emotions;
You finally see what you are capable of doing;
All the things you could never imagine otherwise;
You had to just sit, pray and ask to shine light on your path;
The tears of joy are not tears, it’s your soul crying out of happiness;
For above all challenges and limitations; you finally saw what you had to see;
The higher purpose you were meant to fulfill;
All problems in life seem very subliminal.
You became a happy butterfly with so much to see and feel,
New people to meet
New places to go
New depths of prayer life to intercede for
I hope with all my heart that I will be always graced with your presence.
I pray for good health and happiness for everyone around me
For that is what I pray for
And that is what I dearly hope for
For hope and faith is what I have until the end.
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The White Space
By Susan George
Sometimes, we are often stuck in a rut.
We find that we are not moving forward.
No matter how hard we push.
It is that void between you and the person you want to be.
That space between you and the person you want to be.
Sometimes, you are so excited by your passion that you forget you need to stay
still
sit
and watch the world from above
an eagle eye perspective.
The little blank space which is inevitably there
because you need time to realize that great things are yet to happen within you.
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A Chance
By Susan George
One day,
you will wake up and realize
that you have lost everything in this world
Every single person
every single thing
you have loved and kept very close to you.
You will feel the pinch
in your heart.
You will wish and weep
you could have him and her once more
For another hug,
for another date,
for another night,
for another sunset
But,
you will have to make peace
with it.
Peace with it all.
Make peace with the sadness
Peace with the sorrow
Manifest the sorrow
and manifest space for magic
space for wonder
space for awe
manifest space for better people
space for happiness
manifest
space
for
you.
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She is the Sunshine She is the Moonlight
By Susan George
She had a smile that instantly
lit up the room;
She lurked among shadows and could be
the moonlight as well.
If you look closely,
you see the dark circles;
all those sleepless nights
thinking about herself
with a heart that cared about others too.
When she slept, she dreamt of
touching millions of lives.
She seldom weeps, thinking about the world and laughs thinking about
the same world.
She is a million worlds
within one.
It would take you an eternity
to discover her.
But when you do,
you would think about her when you close your eyes;
because she was both sunshine and moonlight.