May your faith
wake from its dull repose
that you may walk again
Creation’s Garden
with wonder and awe
in witness to the Spirit
spilling itself out
lavishly in every direction–
royal rose and creeping thistle,
majestic eagle and miniscule mite,
sturdy oak, delicate fern,
stars, galaxies, oceans,
deserts and domains
unseen under the ground
where you light.Yes, let yourself be sated
with the splendor and spectacle,
praise and gratitude bubbling
up in your breast.But finally,…come to rest
in stillness and in silence
until moved with tears
at Love’s unrestrained
excess, you recognize
again for the first time,
the miracle you are.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Merging Traffic 
Lovely and lyrical. I love how the poem moves from the delights of nature to the stillness of the heart. We find different aspects of ourself in each situation.
Thanks for the feedback. Such attention give the words a larger life.
Love it!
Thanks for the comment, Stuart.
Beautiful.
Sincere thanks, Meredith. –Dennis
stirs a sympathetic chord on my poetic violen – wonderful, no disharmony
This is really great, Dennis. Thank you.
Thanks for taking time to comment. I appreciate the support.
Poem or I could say the awesome lyrics.
Thank you. Peace!
beautiful!
Thank you!
The flowers in the picture leapt off my computer screen first thing. God’s creation sometimes speaks for itself and I love it. Beautiful poetry.
It’s a shame to take creation’s beauty for granted but many of us do that far too often.
Lovely, lovely. Totally inspiring and fulfilling. Gives me such a sense of peace just to read these words.
Thanks, Sam, for sharing. I couldn’t have hoped for a better response.
Such colour. 🙂
The color is glorious, isn’t it.
🙂 Howis life?
That is quite a question depending what you mean by it!???
Are you well? Enjoying the summer?
It’s been a challenging summer but a time of growth (I hope). I see you have returned to your blog. Welcome back. And how have you been? I wish you blessed time for the remainder of your summer and much peace.
Indeed. A time of growth it is true. When it is time to be quiet. And such. I have not been so far away from my blog. I have not put out anything new that I have written. That takes a lot of work. So I read blogs here and there, mostly listening.
Thank you for the welcome back Dennis.
I am good. Life is good to me. It is warm all the time and I love that. I wish you many more warm days full of wonder and peace too. 🙂
This is beautifully written, Dennis, not only the sentiment but the wordsmithing. Love “gratitude bubbling” 🙂 and “you recognize / again for the first time.” 🙂
Thank you! Happy to share!