Eternally
There’s a time to stay A time to go We spend our lives Longing to know Where we’re going Whom we should be But none will know Until they no longer see Speak or hear Hellos and goodbyes Finding peace Eternally Behind closed eyes
Tag: heaven
A Feather Fell from Heaven
A feather fell from heaven To wipe away my tears To ease anxiety To brush away my fears. I held it in my hands I dipped the quill in ink I watched as words appeared Before I could even think. My thoughts, or yours? A mixture of the two Left the feather pen Through me,… Read More A Feather Fell from Heaven
Secrets
We think we know it all Still secrets remain Once they’re revealed We’ll be never the same ~ Our eyes will be opened To mysteries unknown What waits behind the clouds Those secrets we’ll be shown ~ Things of imagination And greater things still The answers we’ll get Will satisfy and thrill ~ Yet we… Read More Secrets
Guardian Angel
Among us They lay in wait Eager to help Slow to hesitate ~ A friend When one is needed A corrector When a warning’s not heeded ~ Stepping in At just the right time To make things straight When they’ve gone awry ~ A personal protector Who’s got your back One who’ll hold you up… Read More Guardian Angel
Angels Sing
Your laughter echoes Through the room Then fades too quickly Because you’ve gone too soon A hymn begins And angels sing You’re portrait hangs Upon the wall Your face the same Forever young and small A hymn begins And angels sing Your memory I hold near to me Yet new memories No more will be… Read More Angels Sing
Nativity
Swaddled, he sleeps This baby born in a manger The news of which Entices strangers; To this place Guided by the light From the brightest star In the darkest night; The angels sing On this first Christmas morn’ Proclaiming a newborn king Christ the Lord, is born; On bended knee With bowed heads Rejoicing The… Read More Nativity
Masterpiece
A divine paintbrush Delineates the lines Between heaven and earth’s Beautiful design In the windswept bog grass And the ever-changing tide To each grain of sand Forming the dunes that divide A starting point And the transitional lines That feather and seep Over time Until blended as one Vibrant masterpiece refined By unending change… Read More Masterpiece
Eternal Gates
Along your journey They’ll be many chances To stop and worry Through obstructed glances From outside the closed gates Where you’ll eventually wait With bated breath To learn where your future’s spent When your journey is done You’ll learn your fate; Did you live right Throughout your life? Through happenstance And circumstance; Did you give… Read More Eternal Gates
Ireland’s Rose
Up atop a rocky mound, What thoughts, may you have found? Visiting the land so green, Oh, the sights you must have seen. Carved Celtic stones Housing ancient bones; Rolling countryside Where sheep abide; When they are shorn Intricate sweaters be worn; By your ancestors, old and new. The light filters down Where you are… Read More Ireland’s Rose
Jessica M. Collette 
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