True Friend

I smile now and laugh more than
I’ve ever laughed in my recollection.
I dance now, I sing now
And now in great reflection

Had disallowed myself these things
To these in shame I bowed
From cloudy mind to crisp and clear
I now stand in this I’m now.

I hold my head up high now.
I see my self in beauty.
I look into my eyes now
And I feel a sense of duty.

Unto myself be true now,
Unto myself be wise.
Although I feel within me
This I know she cries.

The cries now lessen more and more
And the days do pass
From mournful sorrow they emerge
Like dew upon the grass

Each day I feel improvement
Thanks to one so dear
And more and more i'm grateful
To this one who holds me here

You’ve brought the poet in me out
And as time does tell
You’ve brought my joy within me out
And in my heart as well.

Kari Shinal
Copyright-2006

That is so lovely, Kari. Thank you for sharing your feelings with us. Have a great weekend. DonnaZ

Thanks Kari! You rock with these poems of yours, Albert Schweitzer
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Diane,

Thanks for your replay, I sometimes wish I could feel like that picture there. It is lovely.

Kari