Christopher Stewart's Blog: Scribo - Posts Tagged "hope"

ripened over time
fruits of faith from seeds of hope
will be handed soon

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flying over abyss
soaring above the night
if you blow me a kiss
i will bring you sunlight

for all that is amiss
some things are always right
and to enjoy their bliss
we will keep up the fight

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tell me when are these times that i have dreams about
are they mere memories of better days gone by
unsubstantial fancies fated to fade away
or horizons waiting to be arisen to ?

and the fire i felt when this hope was brand new
when not even Everest could have kept me from you
has it burned its brightest or just given a hint
does it smolder for chance or consume its last fuel ?

and the bridge you promised would serve as my footing
had i strayed from the path or was my step unsure
perchance that fall was meant to complete my healing
so i’d see for myself what my strength could endure ?

weren’t you the blue bird that had awaken me
as i laid in the cold suffering of torment
sung me out of starving, loathing and lethargy
invited me to rise and resume my ascent ?

as i now look forward to more of your magic
contemplating what so far had kept me bemused
just ahead are the times i have dreamt ecstatic
i see the horizons and i am reinfused

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a welcome pause in the struggle
magnificent break in the clouds
enjoy the rest, tired angel
restore your strength far from the crowds

you're hard at work, we've seen you go
you deserve some time in the sun
don't rush to return to the flow
you will get there in the long run

today tomorrow is unclear
yet it's no reason to worry
lay your burden, downshift the gear
of the castle raise the levy

a household of visionaries
each with a better life in sight
good intended missionaries
inspired dreamers sharing their light

among the messengers divine
draw nourishment from melodies
on a bed of roses recline
as notes trigger the memories

jerusalem opens its gates
to let you see the golden tree
that patiently for you awaits
you will claim it when you are free

and in this holy company
recollections resurfaces
of an ascension uncanny
recreated from its traces

let the present unblock the past
which holds the key to the future
open the channels will broadcast
the brilliance of your true nature

the exercise is demanding
but magic warrants the process
in the place where it is leading
you'll savour the taste of success

observe your mind, reacher of goal
can you recall the inception
how was this script that hurts your soul
ever granted activation

the good hearted in their growing
at heaven's door often they knocked
all of the time never knowing
that the entrance was never locked

how long before they realize
that it is through their own choices
that they stay out of paradise
and orchestrate their own losses

ignorance of their own power
is architectural weakness
and thus flawed their inner tower
falls to pieces under the stress

but it always rises back up
and defects are slowly mended
progress is not about to stop
nor will perfecting be ended

there's a new world to establish
a new order to crystallize
a skyward ladder to finish
an uprising to organize

the inventor is working still
building an ultra light airplane
when it will fly above the hill
the aircraft will relieve all pain

completion of this new design
world peace forever will ensure
the zoo keepers will all resign
and follow the monkeys kosher

never give up you shining star
don't succumb to the daily gloom
of this world joy heals ever scar
and ripens each fruit to full bloom

grow your feathers and keep your smile
surrender to sincerity
steady go for that extra mile
and you will soar to liberty

onward to complete harmony
you can trust that it is your fate
you have a date with destiny
the miracle is worth the wait

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we were on the run
always on the run
aiming for the dream
gliding on a moonbeam

we were struggling
so rarely settling
yet always managing
escapes amazing

and as the clock would tick
the devil tried his trick
and weary of the wire
we warmed up to the fire

we were born seekers
spirit explorers
our skills were untried
our powers unverified

we gave it all we got
to uncover the plot
was contentment for us
what could we do but trust

and as the clock would tick
the devil tried his trick
and weary of the wire
we warmed up to the fire

now further down the road
somewhere past the abode
still carrying the load
under threat of the goad

there are so many signs
and slaps when we cross the lines
this has to be the way
that leads out of yesterday

and as a clock that ticks
the devil tries his tricks
and weary of the wire
we warm up to the fire

but the poets must write
the words that shape the worlds
create something to give
a better way to live

all the people we meet
on the run
will i see you again
when we're done

all the moments that fleet
on the run
we will deserve our time
in the sun

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one day
this song will find your way
you'll hear the words
i dare not say

sure as this life
means little without you
maybe it's fate
there's no one else quite like you

one day
the light will find your way
sure as love keeps
evils at bay

sure as this life
means little without you
maybe it's fate
there's no one else quite like you

and one day i'll confess
all my crimes
of failing to love you

implore your forgiveness
for the times
i wasn't there for you

and that day my weakness
i'll admit
you know better than i do

and i hope the next day
you'll be there
cause you know our love is true

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now that the truth is out
and edges the windup
say did you really doubt
of where you would end up

just right there where you are
all alone in the night
feeling more fraud than star
and really not that bright

not completely grownup
more bewildered than fine
but still the wait is up
time to come forth and shine

seems you blew your thirties
in healing from your teens
in bending to worries
and in blaming your genes

cloistered in priory
yet life was not tranquil
your want was fiery
unending test of will

years of slow advances
at the foot of millions
trained by circumstances
pruned by disillusions

countless angels unseen
arranging the decor
staging every scene
closing every door

but the ones to your fate
in ways that tamed your spleen
and pacified your hate
they polished up your sheen

to this constrained ascent
found pointless to oppose
much better to consent
than struggle in the throes

now you're pinned to the sky
right where life wanted you
you are not asking why
in truth you always knew

alien in the void
stuck to celestial dome
the gods blocked or destroyed
all the bridges back home

with no way to retreat
you must recite your tome
revealing the deceit
exposing the syndrome

you have no place to stand
and yet a world to move
a posse to disband
a thesis to disprove

billions of souls to stir
hearts to set afire
with notes that rouse and spur
and rhymes that inspire

to herald the reset
of the world that wasn't
and hasten the onset
of a way that doesn't

disregard our nature
but puts the living first
above expenditure
through the best and the worst

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