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Survival of The Fittest

Even a tree
must struggle to survive,
tossed and torn
in the wind and rain,
yet it grows stronger
and begins to thrive,
becoming greener
for all its pain.

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved


Light of Love

In Spring flowers and morning dew,
In falling stars and rain
I see the light of God shine through
and what a sweet refrain.

In baby's smile and mother's voice,
In darkness of the night,
I see the light of God shine through
and it fills me with delight.

In suffering and happiness,
In comfort and despair,
I see the light of God shine through
To let me know he's there.

In solitude or in a crowd,
In hopelessness I know,
God's light will always shine for me,
for he promised it was so..

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved
Life-force

If my fingers become
gnarled with pain and my
body withers away,
if you do not recognize
the music that I sing
and the words that emerge
seem a hollow refrain,
even then
do not take away
my ability
to write poetry.
For if I can not muse,
if I can not use this gift
you may as well take away
my soul.

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved

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Turning Point

For years, my life
was a dreadful song
and I danced an agonizing
dance of self-destruction.

Now I realize
that I deserve serenity.
Now I choose a different song,
dance to a different beat

and the music,
the sweet, sweet music
replenishes my soul
and I can dance

  and I can dance.

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved


Poems From My Wounded Spirit-May Be Triggering

Musical Lobotomy

If I could purge
that part of my brain
which stores pain,

I would replace it
with a gentle refrain;
Bach, Beethoven

or simply rain.

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved

Perpetual Cleansing

It is time once more
to scrub every exposed pore,
every wretched, weeping wound.

Steam rises like a magical potion,
surrounds me like a sanitizing rain
that purifies all that was stained.

Salty tears trickle upon tiled floor,
fuse with fetid pieces of the past
until my soul is clean once more.

Still, tomorrow
I will begin the ritual
all over again.

© 2004 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
~Langston Hughes~

http://child-abuse-recovery-journal.blogspot.com/
Survival of The Fittest

Even a tree
must struggle to survive,
tossed and torn
in the wind and rain,
yet it grows stronger
and begins to thrive,
becoming greener
for all its pain.

© 2008 Susan Maree Jeavons-All Rights Reserved
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