Carolyn O'Riley

Dallas, Texas

Carolyn Ann O'Riley is an artist, writer, and spiritual teacher. She has been published in journals, magazines, and books.

Carolyn has written 12 books which include some children's selections. She currently is working on her grandmother's biography, The Lady of Court Square: The Biography of Eva Caroline Whitaker Davis, A Lady of Courage That Would Not Accept Defeat.

Her art work has been use in such prestigious places as the Mansion on Turtle Creek.

She says of art, writing, and poetry: "It is sharing one's soul with another, touching their hearts with the wonder of all that is. It is allowing another to see past the physical body and into the Creator's Universe.

To e-mail Carolyn, write channel333@sbcglobal.net or visit her website at www.carolynannoriley.com.

When The World Is At Peace

When the World is at peace
The children will grow.
They'll embrace life
And be excited, just to see snow.

The children will flourish
And become a loving kind
Grateful and thankful
For all that is Thine.

When the World is at peace
The water will be clean
The air clear
Everything sparkling and pristine.

The People of Earth
Will join hand in hand To rebuild the past
And repair our great Land.

When the World is at peace
There will be love and joy
Mother Earth will be smiling
There will be more light for every girl and boy.

The Creator has given us Grace
To create and change
It is time to accept the challenge
To work together to restore the disarrange.

The Universe has given us the keys
To make the violence cease
The Planet glorious once again
When the World is at peace.

Pathfinder

In the darkness still and silent
Light beams dance upon my ceiling.

Sleepily my eye lids close,
Drifting, drifting, consciousness leaving.

Sending me to Visions and dreaming,
Resting until morning twilight.

Love surrounding, safe and peaceful
God's protection always present.

Angels present ever watching
As we stir and wake upon a new day dawning.

The miracle of life repeats itself
We are blessed with one more day.

Our praise and thanks to our Creator
How may I serve and glorify Your Name this day.

Touch a heart, smile and kindness,
Leave a message of hope on another's Soul.

Drink in the joy and the sorrow,
Grow and evolve into your magnificent self.

Break the Cocoon and emerge enlightened,
Share your journey with other travelers.

You are the pathfinder
Lead the way.

All poems Copyright © 1996 Carolyn O'Riley. All rights reserved.