My Friend called Hope

by Liam

You shine through darkest nights unseen,

In a quiet, steady glow,

The warmth that kindles weary hearts,

And guides through loss and woe.

It’s in those shadows deep and dreary,

When light feels far away,

It’s your whisper soft that dares me on,

To face another day.

Though storms may rage and doubts arise,

Your strength remains so true,

The faithful spark, untouched by fear,

That leads me always through.

I am the flame that won’t go out,

The spark you cannot see,

A gentle, quiet, steadfast friend—

I am hope—and I am free.

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Embrace Gratitude 

by Liam

Be grateful for ….

Gratitude rises, gentle as the dawn,

Unlocking life’s fullness, so pure and wide;

What once felt scarce now feels warmly drawn,

A wealth within where little did reside.

Gratitude softens denial, let’s unfold,

And chaos yields to quiet order’s flow;

Confusion clears a steady truth takes hold,

Perceptions weave in peace where tangled thoughts would go.

My humble meal becomes a joyous feast,

Four walls take warmth and turn into a home;

A stranger’s face reveals a friend released,

New light discovered where we thought alone.

With gratitude’s touch, our world finds its grace—

Caress the smallest moment each held in soft embrace.

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Awaken to the mystery

by Liam

May you wake each day

To the quiet pulse of wonder,

Feeling the current of new ideas

Which stir beneath your surface,

Like the cosmic river of stars across each night.

Let your thoughts explore, fly,

Through that open doorway into the unknown,

Follow them, step through, heart quickening 

To the thrill of a fresh discovery,

The mystery is as yet untouched, unnamed, untamed.

Be alive to the unexpected,

That quiet astonishment

Hidden in each moment—

The way light bends through leaves,

Or a familiar voice finds a new song singing, 

Savor each drop from this well of wonder,

This feast of beauty and daring,

For once the mind awakens to its depths,

It becomes a lasting passion,

Forever a refuge to your wandering wondering soul.

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Breaking Through 

by Liam

Should life break, even crack you,

the soul will whisper —

Saying you are ready to be remade,

To be gathered differently, with tender bands.

Each shattered shard feels,

like a fragment seeking a new place,

finding a new purpose only time can reveal,

a meaning shaped by quiet grace.

Trust your cracks, for there,

the light is absorbed into you—

its gentle beams healing,

illuminating the way to health.

In the brokenness, we meet ourselves again,

and in that meeting, we realize wholeness also happens.

With the courage to rebuild, to reimagine,

to let loves strength take on a new form.

Really we are never broken,

But breaking through—

becoming more than we ever were.

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The Sixth Day

by Liam

Creation never stopped on the sixth day—

it moves still, beneath the radiant glow of mornings,

in the dark pull of tides and the leaning of trees toward light.

It breathes through us, between our words or letters,

in the spaces we think are empty,

yet are full with the pulse of the unseen.

We call it love,

though it is older than the name we give it—

a force that knows no stopping,

rising in us like a river breaking its own banks,

flooding us with the ache of becoming.

It walks beside us,

in the ordinary moments we miss—

in the turn of a leaf, the warmth of skin,

the sudden silence when the heart remembers

it has always belonged

to something infinite,

something that has never once paused even, 

After the sixth day.

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Smile

The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

Time

Poetry: Time

by Liam

In time it’s the clock

Or the pencil’s written song

Or a moments recognition about where we belong

At times it’s the lock on the prisoners door

Or Jacob who left and returned home to more

From time we charge, towards time we run

The rising,the setting of the moon and sun

Yet in it we are, a beginning and an end

So where do we start?

When it’s time to begin

Is it here?

Is it there?

Is it up?

Is it down?

Or simply the quietude when sitting down.

Nature Poetry: God

Nature Poetry: God

God, not only speaks

Through the language of nature

Also, in the words we whisper to ourselves.

God writes

Beautiful wisdom across the tapestry of your heart

These feelings, these impressions wait

Patiently for your stillness

For the quiet moments of inner peace and tranquillity

Sparkling from the reflection of your soul

It’s bird song

It’s the flute

It’s a splashing brook

Which sing God’s song

Listen up, for the mystery of this music

Is written too across your heart

A manuscript of love

A book of joy

A letter of forgiveness

Alone for you to read

Alone for you to discover and share.

Inspirational Poetry: Thank You

Inspirational Poetry: Thank You

by Liam

When last,

was I grateful for this …. gratitude?

Pulling gratitude threadbare across emaciated shoulders

Falling upon boney knees

I’ve shown my thanklessness for to long

Starved this self of love

To long let life flee before me

The ignorance

Of my inner eye

Tears so old, grown cold now cry

Why did arrogant selfish blind my way?

When it’s so simple to say

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Joy is my new nourishment

My gratitude feeds each part of my life

Anew, afresh, awake

Grateful for this life, this new day

Hold it high to the waking say

Carry it deep, in the way I pray.

Inspirational Poetry: Listen

Poetry: Listen

by Liam

It’s time now to listen up

To the one who made the words

A mighty field of richness

From silence, this now occurs

Listen, the barren stone will crumble

In it’s debris, the flower will grow

Beckoning light with simplicity

From it’s petals words will flow

Listen, as this listener

Now becomes a one of words

To lift the letters from the space

Where silence is but heard

So words they living find us

In thought or image they play

A poetry of pictures found

Listen deep to what they say.

It’s from this place of peace

Inspiration can now play.