Every day,
I take a step,
and each day,
you walk,
away.
If only…
you would,
get close enough,
to catch a glimpse,
of my Light,
in your pupils.
Why won’t,
you let me,
save you?
-Gilda Patricia
Day 14 word-balintataw (n.) The pupil of my eye
Word High July-30 Beautiful Filipino Words
Challenge set by, A Reading Writer’s blog, and Doodles and Scribbles
https://areadingwritr.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/word-high-july-welcome/
that first stanza clenches the heart, and it just gets better as the poem cascades. Brilliant!!
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Now you’ve captured MY heart! Thanks for your like & comment 😊
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Beautifully poignant piece, Gilda. I feel guilty about this sometimes, too. In a spiritual sense, when doubt and fears overcome my faith… I walk away. I sometimes forget to see the light in His eyes and let it guide my path. Thank you for this lovely poem. ❤
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I was thinking of how people need to find God in their own hearts & souls. And how “playing God” for someone else never works. But wow, I really like your take on it! I could reticle it, “No Eyes for My Savior.” Thanks for feedback & input! Glad you liked!
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This is so good, so beautiful, Gilda. True, we can’t be God for others, we can only hope to lead them to Him. I suspect His Light is not always shining very brightly from my eyes to my neighbors–who are trapped in the bondage of substance abuse, blind and lost–so I keep praying, both for them, and for God to pour more of His light/love/grace into me, that it would spill over like oil to brighten my lamp. God bless you so abundantly!
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Your comment is written so beautifully. Very profound! God bless all those suffering in our lives and in the world. God bless you too, Shadeau!
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Thank you, Gilda. Mine is a pitiful confession: I’ve become so weary and irritated, living in too-close proximity to the neighbors I mentioned, that I have almost no “Jesus love” left in me to share. Thus, my priority prayer is for myself–“change me, Lord!”
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Sorry to hear! Hang in there. Yes, best to focus on you!
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Confession is good for the soul, I hear 🙂
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