God and the Gods
Submitted by: donwinslow
We were trying to write poetry that joined areas of stress with words or images that nourish us, that help ease that stress. Here are two such poems from our Berlin group.
ALL I WANT
All I want is to find my purpose in life
It seems that I am just marking time
Each day is endless from sunrise to sunset
Until it is time to lay my head down
I say the child’s prayer before sleep,
“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the
Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before
I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take”
But sunrise comes again and I arise and wonder,
“Lord, what is it you want me to do?”
Eileen Stevens Mackey
August 2010
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Pandora’s Box of Cancer
With cancer comes your own personal Pandora’s Box,
Full of pain, full of grief, and designed by Zeus just for you.
Radiation, Chemo, Anxiety and Depression fly out of that box,
Trying to conquer you, trying to overwhelm you.
But keep in mind, just read the whole fable again,
Zeus was not totally heartless, he gives you a fighting chance.
Look deep down, way at the bottom of the box.
You’ll find something there that can, and will, help you heal.
It’s invisible, it’s intangible- and it’s called HOPE!
Don Winslow
August 2010
