Saturday, November 3, 2012

Beautiful Fall

 

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Live
 
Live this Life
 
We linger but for awhile
But Oh! How lovely the lingering can be
When we allow it to be
 
When we are freed from fearfully grasping
hanging on too long to moments past
clutching tightly to the present
weighed down with angsty wringing of hands
with shoulds and could haves and would haves...
 
Allow Love
Allow Joy
Yes, allow even frivolity
fearless leaps
new beginnings
second chances
 
We linger for such a short while
then we flutter
and fall...
 
Live so that in the falling
there is no longing
no looking back...
only a knowing
that Life was Lived...
 
Live so that when you fall
your fall is not tragic
but a tantalizing display
a dignified denoument
a fearless fluttering
a beautiful fall
 
Live
 
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"I came that they might have Life, that they might have abundant Life"
John 10:10


5 comments:

Privet and Holly said...

Oh, you know I
love this! I was
just thinking about
life and regrets,
yesterday....and
you have woven
your words in the
most beautiful
manner.

"Allow joy."

Yes.

xo Suzanne

Jennifer Richardson said...

yes, live. Live!
oh hear this my soul
and wallow in it's riches.
i love this, beautiful poet:)
thank you for the
sweet inspire,
Jennifer

Dan said...

WoW! This is one of my all-time favorites, Elizabeth. Just wow. I'm gonna leave it at that.

The world *needs* more of your art.

Joy said...

Great advice for all who worry and fill their lives with regret and fear for the future! And oh yes, "Allow joy". Definitely! Hope you are doing well!

Relyn Lawson said...

Oh! Oh, you ended your beautiful words with my favorite verse.