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What The Eyes Behold

Enough of the darkness and the pain,
so much more to see, perspective to gain.
What my eyes fail to see or even mend,
there is a vast array of beauty to no end.

Blinking to get a clear focus of what is all around,
not just black and white, color becomes profound.
I begin to see the inner self that a heart beats,
a rose into view reminds me of the mercy seat.

The beast inside will be released to all oblivion,
when I enter the garden to sit under the pavilion.
A gentle calm will come over me to allow to be tamed,
even I need to get shackled for a time and mamed.

Then when I give in to my fight of unnatural self control,
everything beautiful can now calm my unnerving soul.
Fragrance fills the air as this rose blooms right before me,
nothing else to penetrate my sight but knowing I am free.

Open your ears to hear, as the eyes stay open to focus,
behold all that is beautiful, stop being stubborn and bogus.
music is said to tame the savage beast that roams the land,
hear the mighty winds, all nature sings, all is in His hands.




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  • delightfulmess silver member
    September 2

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    Excellent message and thoughts produced here.
    What each one of us truely sees is definately a spectrum of differant colors
    but all is beautiful in some way. I like the spiritual aspect of this piece as well.

    thank you so much for entering my contest and for your patience.



    Delila


  • SteveS gold member
    July 26
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    Wow, sure is appropriate for the Deep Thinkers prompt. Very nice to read...now I have to go back to taming the beast...lol.


  • Sharon Marie gold member
    July 22

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    Awesome write

    Open your ears to hear love that part and stop being bogus I see a little sense of humor in your ending which i always like to see in some poetry.so refreshing right at the right time and very uplifting thanks for your beautiful poetry as always
    God bless
    Sharon


  • Ethereal One gold member
    June 26

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    beautiful

    You create such a wonderful place for us to replinish ourselves. God has created so much beauty for us. The sounds and sights are all there, just as you write in your poem.
    We just have to learn how to listen and see.

    Excellent poem!

    Good luck in this contest!

    Jeaennette