"change your view change your life" illustration by Joni James
(with a bit of help from a glimmer of sunlight)
It is within my purpose
where I find both
sorrow and
joy.
I suffer the pain
in silence and in crowd
my face may show peace
until no one is around.
But in my darkest
moments
it just takes a tiny glimmer
of light
to tip the balance
of hope
back in to sight.
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As I take a gentle drink from my cup
Made from these weathered hands
I alone know this vessel
which contains the thirst for life
from which I pour.
Though, in the dry boroughs
of its dusty chamber
I long for my heart to awaken
And find a familiar dew
to beckon each day.
I know it's there
I can see it
in the faint markings
dancing along the rim
So easy to smudge from view.
JJ