IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS
It’s been so quiet and still,
silence broken only by phantom
voices in my dreams and the sound
of my own thoughts in my waking hours.
how lonely it has been,
how sickened the heart,
how lost the soul
in the Shadow of the Cross.
Richard for Joe
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Joe
this one has the lonel feeling in it.
Time is stretching,
feeding boredom to the heart.
Restless and aching,
the soul begs for something to start
to shoo away the emptiness
that seems to grow and grow and grow...
Alid
yes. indeed it does/
yes. indeed it does/
Richard and Joe
Lovely to read, I have a saying that I have held true..
"If you carry a cross too long the cross will become the reason for carrying"
Keep them coming both of you, Yours as always Ian..
what for all these years I
what for all these years I carry in my heart is spilling over into my "poetry"
they were not happy years.
You,
You keep on spilling, i'll keep on enjoying what you spill. Regards Roscoe...
Hi Joe
Isn't it strange how situations determine whether being alone in silence is a good or bad thing? I value such when in the forests or late at night while writing but to endure it while ill or in mourning is hardly enjoyable.........stan
That, Stan
is the heart of one helluva poet. I think in passion wise, he's like Jayne.
Alid
To Roscoe, Stan, Alid. To be
To Roscoe, Stan, Alid. To be alone and unable to take care of yourself is terrifying. I will NOT be taken to a nursing home; so that looming in front of me makes being alone almost bearable.
Joe [Richard for our Joe]
Joe and Richard
I read this again this evening, not sure what the edit was but to me no matter what the poem was still the best.
In the shadow of your evening,
there in the peace you will find,
all those things you have strived for.
The shadows will be light themselves
Draw to your hearts Spirit
the love of all that have walked with you.
There a voice will ask of you
The voice you will know
as it will be your thoughts
There as the answer to all things
Will be a beauty
that will be beyond your think
Then you will know that you are really
Home.
All my unconditional love always,
Yours, Ian.T Howard, Ian.T, Sparrow and Yenti.xx
in the shadow of trees lies shade
In the shadow of trees lies shade
cooling effect on human forms
it lays
but when we are jobless
on minds it plays
Shadows are simply messengers anyway
come time, even they, will go away
even though we may continue to stay .
The length of shadows increases
'tis poetic imagery
Joe take care stay in the lime of light
till there are kind and cool shadows
in your life's retiring meadows.....