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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
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~
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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