deep inside
every person
lies
a spot
where
peace reigns
and when we become able to
perceive that hidden corner
of our being
the secret is to learn
how
never to permit ourselves
to be separated from it
daily
daring to believe
happiness is possible
when life has tried
to convince a mind
of the opposite
can for a while be
a daily exercise
to be practiced
with perseverance
and faith
besieged
being forgiven
for our failures
without any unspoken accusations
running beneath
entering trust
where fear had besieged
the heart
touching freedom
from a heritage
which was more than anything
a burden
in order to deliver
the love
we are given
delivered
grief
is love
which cannot be
delivered
all it shows
when obedience means
freedom
and peace
all it shows is
we have found
the proper authority
to obey
and trust
right and just
when the habit of trusting
what is right
and just
has been overruled by
the instinct
of survival
it can take time
to gain back confidence
in what is right and just
and trust
no apparent reason
falling asleep in gratitude
and waking up
in despair
for no apparent reason
can be
a bit of a gap
to bridge
misuse
how to honour
rather than misuse
the trust we are given
is indeed a question
worth asking
for justice to rule
and beauty to expand
in the world of man
rebuilding
rebuilding trust
after a life in
suspicion
might touch
areas
we do not wish
to enter
and show sides of us
we do not wish
to face
yet
without doing so
trust cannot
prevail
natural authority
settling into
our natural authority
governed by love
and compassion
takes
more than anything
a humble and contrite
heart