Your Best Self



When one feels downcast, tears fall, words fail,
Mercy showers down in clear sight.

If one retreats to one's inner sanctuary,
Christ hoists one up like an eagle in flight.

Through life's storms one may sail,
If one extols Christ's love and light.
 
One becomes his best, top-notch self,
Adhering to the good and right.

In God's arms there is always room,
So be vigilant throughout dark night.

When one walks where lovely flowers bloom,
One heralds a future bright.
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Submitted on January 08, 2021

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Scheme AB XB AB XB CB CB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 452
Words 80
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

melita catalina warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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