The music you make for others
is music that quickens the fervor
and passion of your soul.
© 2014 Dennis Ference
Poetry
Prayer
In its essence
prayer dares us
to throw open
the doors and
windows of our hearts
to the infinitely
creative mystery
of Love’s designs.© 2014 Dennis Ference
The Call
Love called me
to the center of myself,
inviting me to join her
for the greatest adventure of all.
Hesitating at first,
but at last seduced and secured
by curiosity’s allure,
I tossed in my chips and
awaited Love’s next play.
Watching me closely, she smiled,
took my hand, and to my surprise,
transported us back to the very spot
where I had first heard her call.
This is sacred ground, she said.
This is where
our adventure begins.
© 2014 Dennis Ference
Photo: © 2014 Lily Brock
Going to See God
I’m going to Illinois
to see God. Oh, I know
God is right here.
I know that as well as
I know my own name.
But sometimes I need
to have my vision refreshed,
my memory restored.
So I will look into the eyes
of my grandchildren
this weekend–the wonder,
the joy, the promise, the light–
and I will see God.There is no other place
to meet God but here,
no other time but now.
I know that. Still,
sometimes we all need
to be refreshed.© 2014 Dennis Ference
This Friend You Love
This friend you love
is bleeding inside
and you dare not
staunch the flow.
Her heart is breaking,
but it must break often
if she is to find her way.
Does she say her world
is falling apart? Old worlds
must fall apart before
new worlds can be born.
Does she say that life
is more than she can bear?
She is stronger than either
of you can know.
Walk with her but do not
steer her down your path.
Talk with her but do not
write her script.
Dance with her,
just dance with her now
to the silent, healing music,
the Oneness of Love.
© 2014 Dennis Ference
Divine Love
To the one
whose heart has truly felt
the presence of Divine Love
surrender makes perfect sense.© 2014 Dennis Ference
(First posted 9/5/14 without pic.)
Fishing
Have you ever been fishing
with someone and it seemed
pointless to keep score?
when a congenial sun, feathery
breeze, and dancing water glitter
were the big catch of the day?
and words and laughter
came easy and harmonized
smooth as silk with the rustling
of the trees, drone of insects,
and song of the birds?
when everything was
nothing and nothing was
everything and the present
was the only time to be?If so, my friend, perhaps
you were fishing with a saint,
or perhaps that was the day
you first bumped into
your own muse within.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Fears
BATTERED AND BULLIED
BY FEARS THAT RAGE AND ROAR
LET US TRUST THAT WE ARE
BIGGER THAN OUR FEARS
LET US KNOW THAT WE ARE
SO MUCH MORE
© 2014 Dennis Ference
(First appeared 7/24/14 without pic)
Transformation
Make peace,
with life’s heat
and callous pressures,
for diamonds
are thus formed
in the heart’s
dark chambers.
© 2014 by Dennis Ference
(First posted without pic 8/24/14.)
Compassion
Choose not
the path of perfection,
frigid and ruthless
in its demands.
Walk rather
the road of compassion,
with love and mercy
streaming generously
from open hands.© 2014 Dennis Ference
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