Light, the Source of all created,
Substance of our fate and fortune.
Grab a lantern; bring a torch in!
We may know, yet still debate it.
Light! The One for whom we’ve waited–
Not “out there,” but deep inside us:
Spark that Providence provided.
Where is yours? O let it shimmer!
Vanquish darkness with a glimmer!
Light! The One we all reside in!
—
Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 48: (FORTUNE) in the B rhyme line.
We pray for change to come… and fast!
We wait and wait for pain to pass.
We try and try until, at last,
We rest, resigned, to what we have.
Then, swiftly changes break like Spring!
Now, what to do with these new things?!
—
A Quadrille in response to Sarah’s prompt at
DVerse.
Is Nature a fool?
No! With a head for business,
She works for the Good!
—
Written for Ronovan’s Haiku challenge of fool and head at:
Come with me now! It’s time to start!
Don’t hesitate! Just take a chance
And join life’s never-ending dance–
One step onto your path of art!
You have a purpose and a part
To play upon the grandest stage.
You are a book, an author’s page!
And yet you write the story told;
You play the part as you unfold.
It’s now your time, your place, your age!
—
Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 47: (START) in the A rhyme line.
This is a companion poem to
How Perfect?
When we don’t understand our mechanics,
Our reaction is worry and panic!
We can learn all the facts,
Yet feel hurt by the lack
Of compassion that others have granted!
When the room of our mind is in shambles,
We must rid ourselves quick of the brambles!
If the brush starts a fire,
It can turn off desire,
Til we can’t take a chance or a gamble!
—
A Limerick written for
#Threethingschallenge #528.
How perfect do we need to be
To share the yearning in our hearts?
If we don’t give, we can’t receive…
How perfect do we need to be?
A life expert? There’s no such thing!
So do not cower! Play your part!
How perfect do we need to be
To share the yearning in our hearts?
—
A Triolet written for
#Threethingschallenge #523.
Will the aching ease?
Will my health and hope improve
when Summer arrives?
—
Written for
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 347 ACHE and Ease.
You admonish me,
taking me in hand to change
how I play the game.
How I play the game,
you believe, is wrong because
it displeases you.
It displeases you,
and we will never be close–
admonish yourself!
—
Written for
#Threethingschallenge #524.
This beautiful hymn was written by Charles Wesley. The text was first published with the subtitle “A Child’s Prayer,” in “Hymns and Sacred Poems,” in 1742. The melody was composed by Martin Shaw in 1876.
My arrangement begins with the melody on alto recorder, then a viola and recorder duet, a solo on lyre, and ends with a recorder duet. This lovely melody would be appropriate for a lullaby, as well as this hymn. I hope you enjoy it!
Mystical Strings 
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