Noble warrior renowned
Listen to this harrowing sound
Draining cries of earth’s deep sorrow
We will live to see the morrow?
Life is leaking from a crack
Faceless death will now attack
Who has left us silent here?
What foe won’t visibly appear?
We know not who or why we fight
Though we press on in this bleak night
O! That gray would fade from sight
And black be black and white be white!
If you don’t know how faith is found
Then watch this sparrow hit the ground
And listen for the whispered voice
And wait to see Him give me choice
To choose my way to death or life
To pick a path of joy or strife
He forces not the best on me
Nor scorns my fall for all to see
His hand is still beneath my form
Waiting to shelter me in the storm
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I thought to myself
What is life?
For me it is joy and tears and strife
It’s being a woman, a friend, and a wife
It’s working and dreaming
And dancing and playing
Or wanting to chase the wind
But always staying
It’s finding the sweetness
Of unexpected love
And sprinkles of blessings
From above
It’s needing and wanting
Desire that’s haunting
It’s breathing through pain
And walking in the rain
Life is horrid and dear,
Full of excitement and fear
Life isn’t caught in these words we say
Life is just living today
surrounded
by
these swirling storms
drenching me
pulling me down
but i won’t give up
i’ll use the wind
that’s set on destroying me
i’ll ride the blast
of icy breath
i’ll go higher
than i’ve ever been
above
these swirling storms
Toni L.A. Cross © 2010
The Wisdom of Gavroche 