Releasing Grievances
Here is a poem I wrote about releasing grievances. How can we live in peace if we hold on to pain and hurt from the past? Every day I see ways in which I can release deeper…and love more. Poetry is one way to express this. Hope you enjoy it as you bring more forgiveness into your life.
Fishing
I rescind
my recriminations
and revoke
my grievances
scooping them into a grand net
and hauling them
heavy and teeming
as they are
back aboard ship
like a great catch
of haddock or snapper
thousands of grudges
flapping their tails
and gasping for air
exposed – in plain view –
dying on the deck
of my schooner
gulls hungry overhead
I have sent into this world
many angry thoughts
and I’m fishin’ em all back
to be given
as prasad
as sacrament
an offering
returned to the God of the Sea
— Ana Holub
Here’s one of my poems on how Love transforms and embracees all, including YOU.
My heart sings today
Brightly glows the spark within
clearing my vision
and lighting dim recesses of my soul;
I see radiance behind the dark clouds,
Beauty in the wrinkled face,
Angelic charm in the smile of the child,
God’s image in my neighbour.
I feel His breath with every breeze that blows
And nectar drink in every stream that flows;
And my heart sings!
For Love touched me when He passed by.
Comment by randall butisingh — January 13, 2008 @ 4:58 am
Here is another poem that names three essentials that makes life worth living:
WORK, LOVE and HOPE
Life cannot be dreary
If you’ve something to do
to keep you quite busy
The whole day through.
Life cannot be blue
If you’ve something to love,
For no one truly lives
Who does no truly love.
Life will not be dreary
When hope fills the breast,
For this brings content
That will give the heart rest.
So bear this in mind
When you need to complain,
That Work, Love and Hope
Are the balm for all pain.
Comment by randall butisingh — April 30, 2008 @ 1:51 pm