Happiness he sought
into a dream he slipped
A dream so fanciful and all
like clouds so high up
Skies upon skies
A trance of faith
and hope
and courage
embraced his being
By divine mirth
his ego was no more
for he was one with all
Higher, he rose
ergo, he saw
further
below
The good amongst the scum, he saw
the strong amongst the weary
the saints amongst the sinners
And then he saw
himself
in the quagmire of all there was
Left alone to find his own way
with only faith to find his truth
all truth
Alone with faith
his calamity perished
his world settled
his merriment was found
And so he
awoke
high above
the highest of clouds
happy to be
#1 by coldpassion on April 6, 2007 - 12:31 am
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delicate!,,
loved it!
#2 by Butterfly on April 7, 2007 - 12:24 am
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A soul entering rebirth, full of faith.. hopes and dreams. This is what I felt when I read this poem.
There is a lot of beauty and life in your poems .. I love reading them.
#3 by Maha Al-Yousif on April 7, 2007 - 1:10 am
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delicate indeed! touching words that paints a beautiful picture
#4 by jellybean on April 7, 2007 - 1:46 am
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Someone once said faith is a passionate intuition. This is true, but there’s so much more. It’s the courage to shut one eye and keep the other open, in full knowledge that this looks very silly to a passerby. May you at any given time have no more than one foot on the ground. May passion in your faith elevate you always.
#5 by hisham on April 7, 2007 - 7:10 pm
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Thanks all, truly.
@ jellybean
True, faith can make us to others look either very brave or very stupid. What matters though is that we have the courage to keep the faith, to seek out the truth for ourselves. A truth that is both closer than we might think it to be and that is as far as we might think it to be.
#6 by andrew on April 10, 2007 - 7:52 pm
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I really liked the line:
And then he saw
himself
in the quagmire of all there was
It sums up the human condition.
#7 by hisham on April 11, 2007 - 10:57 am
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Thank you.