This Spirit Resides in God's Grace and Self! Another Spiritual Riddle -
Photo courtesty of G. and CordieB; "I Dare You to Let Go" -Under a Creative Commons License.
On the playground you would dare me to fall back into your arms;
But always you caught me in the nick of time from all harms;
I thought we’d be friends forever; I felt so safe and secure
But then one somber day, I wasn’t quite as confident and sure.
I looked around and it seemed you had passed me on by
I asked myself many times what did I do; was it I?
Seemed you’d snatched that security blanket away from my midst;
But I knew not why I had been so eagerly dismissed.
I did not realize that you were really still there. . .
But in a different aspect, for which I was not yet aware.
I grew into puberty still needing you; I craved for your being;
I became angry, sad, confused; emotionally fleeting and bleeding.
Indeed, there were instances where you might come back to me once more
But, I could not allow your presence to once again steal my joy;
I ran away each time I felt you were close on my heals. . .
I turned cold and hid my feelings with false smiles and ideals.
Then one day in June on a warm beautiful spring day,
You looked into my eyes and melted the icy fears away;
I thought you were all I needed and I gave into you once more . . .
We were one and mighty; to the top of the heaven’s we’d soar!
Then one amber evening as we were flying I smiled and looked around
And to my astonishment and dismay, you were not to be found!
Low and behold I quickly fell hard, straight back to the ground
In my fear to loose gravity – I became imperiously bound . . .
To certainties; no more would I venture my heart and soul
I thought I knew the meaning of life; I held tight all control!
I didn’t realize that you had never really left me completely;
But only changed forms; although disguised ever so discreetly.
I didn’t know that you changed forms to teach me the lessons. . .
In life that I needed to receive all the blessings. . .
that I would partake and share in the bounties and adversities
Of living, loving and giving of myself through all actualities.
But one sweet December, during a cold winter’s snow
I looked out the window and what would you know?
I saw in the glistening of the snow drifts so wondrously clear,
The tracks of your being, forever so near!
I looked at the tracks of my life in that opulent snow,
and for the first time in my life, I learned to let go!
I realized that through all challenges, I always survived!
You had always been there in one form or another as I thrived!
Who is this Spirit that changes with time?
Disguised in familiarity and strangers; bad and good times . . .
I realized that no matter what happens, I will go on
Although family, friends, or circumstances decide to move on . . .
I knew that this Spirit resided in God’s Grace and Love for Self
With strength and endurance, in spite of all else . . . .
I knew that no matter, I could always revamp–readjust
I’d finally embraced you wholly, you are . . . . (Click below for Answer!)
