Morning Moon

“Between Moon & Me”
is how it used to be,
with my heart’s whispered
secrets and pleas.

You call for me again
in another season of alone,
gently nudging me awake,
tugging the blanket
of your full glow.

I wrap in a favorite robe
and slip out into the dark
and silent cold.

Hello, my beautiful friend.
How have you been?

Me? Believe
it or not,
I have finally
arrived at Peace
after a long walk

with Jesus.
Yes, I have been
healing.
And I recognize
You beneath

Your crater-disguised face,
how You’ve always been
The Light left on
to lead me back home
into Your loving embrace.

Thank You
for the protection
I didn’t know I needed.
Thank You
for leading me
into this new season.

Inextinguishable

Above the clouds,
looking down,
I see the beacon
unable to be buried
beneath the waves
at the “bottom” of
the abyssal sea:

it shines for me,

lighted gem
of hope
at the heart
of the ocean’s soul,

Mother of the light
that has long been
implanted in me.

I recline on the sky-drops,
and the automatic echo
from my chest begins to flicker
its internal glow.

Poem and images ©LauraDenise

One Blank Page

If I had but one blank page to fill,
what would my message be?

What dance would my fingers perform
across the finite-lettered keys?

How could I paint in black-font
a picture of beauty and hope

that would reach and pierce with light
the souls who need it most?

If I were confined to the cage of a page,
how could I choose the right combination of words

that could break free from the paper or screen
and inspirationally rebirth?

How powerful words can be,
how powerful the choices,

how powerful this lesson when applied
to our spoken and inner

voices,

how powerful the silence
when writer’s block takes hold,

and we fail to say what should be said
when it matters most.

Poem and image ©Laura Denise