DELIVERANCE

 
 
 
 I am observant
 Draw conclusions
 Mostly correct
 Will no harm
 Search for solutions
 Feel I’m solitary
 Even though gregarious
 Can hold my own
 Have suffered struggles
 Walked uphill both ways
  
 Can laugh at most things
 Ingenious and astounding
 Sometimes wicked, but
 None the less humor
 Original or retelling
  
 Now alone; isolated
 Except for spiritual relationship
 With the Light that overcomes darkness
 Say many prayers for many reasons
 I even pray for you, my reader
  
 Now I’m faced with reality
 A huge home in the process
 Of being sold to an authentic couple
 Loving everything about the place
 All the furnishings, collections
 Displays of novel items and
 The artwork on the walls
  
 I love these things, too
 But they are only things
 I think of Van Gogh
 A beautiful man
 Burnt some of his work
 In order to keep warm
 Gone forever as is he
 They couldn’t understand
 They never will
  
 What has meaning and why?
 A question that is very deep
 How do you search your soul?
 Are there any good answers?
 I look at the stuff and think
 Of all the connections
 Where did I obtain it?
 Who was I with?
 Why?
 But here I am with things I love
 Choosing those I am willing to let go
 And how to assign a fair value to them
  
 This is luxury
 People are starving
 Hoping for relief
 Dictators get in the way
 Give us this day our daily bread
 How crass we are in general
 Collectively we must find solutions
  
 Let’s all go down to the river
 There is a man walking on the water
 He knows what we will do
 He gave us free will
 He said to follow Him
 Nothing funny about this
 Who shall dare to walk away?
  
 I open my mind and heart to Him
 Ask Him to work through me
 He laughs because I am part angel
 You know what to do, He says
 So, no easy journey for me
 Climb the mountain He urges
 The Spirit will be with you
  
 I look at the meat grinder I must go through
 Encourage myself with peaceful words
 You can do it; just begin
 It will all fall into place
 You will succeed and be happy
 I feel at peace
  
 Stanski
 March 1, 2021 ^