Deep in the Thicket

Deep in the thicket,
the beacon seeks and finds,
no seed nor bud
neglected nor lost;
keep faith in the Light.

Deep in the thicket,
when the first ray shines,
no beauty can parallel
the humility and grace,
that relieved reach
for renewed life.

You will be found,
for you were never lost.
God has always been there
tenderly removing thorns
and lovingly healing the loss.

When that darkness
gets illuminated,
you will see
all the others who
were in the thicket too
who are like you,
and me…

Sometimes we must
wait patiently for the beam,
but we are never alone,
no matter how it seems,

and that wait, I truly believe,
is necessary to fully bloom
among the weeds.

Poem and image ©LauraDenise

The Journey

The journey, they say,
is in itself the key;
I’ve been down
every wrong road
multiple times
it seemed,

but to surface,
I wish I could say unscathed,
with the treasure of me
in this mirror
now held
sacred,

I’m hesitant
to lay blame
on my past,
for who I am
was definitely shaped
by every shadowed,
obstacle-strewn
path,

and the key
that ended up being me
fits perfectly
into the lock
around your heart;

I look forward
to every step
we now get to take
together,
journeying to meet our Matchmaker,
hand in hand,
to that eternal
start.