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Waiting for the Wind
To move
To fill my sail or soul
To move me along the course
The path
The way
I should go
Sometimes
The stillness
Makes me nervous
No action
No hustle
No bustle
No moving here and there
Just an invitation
To be still
To wait
To listen
© 2018 Julie Clark
“Your statutes have been like songs to me
Whenever I have lived as a stranger.” Psalm 119:14
I have been a stranger
in the land
A foreigner in this place
I am obtuse
To the language
and culture
Yet one constant –
The song of your presence
I am no stranger
to you
No foreigner
in this land
Where heaven meets earth
the song is born
Where you call me your own
you lead me by the hand
“Show me the road that I must walk
For I lift my soul to you.” Psalm 143:8
The road divides before me
Shall I turn left or right?
I lift up my eyes,
My soul,
My prayer,
I put my trust in your
Unfailing love
I make my choice
And follow you.
© 2017 Julie Clark
Wind and rain
are good for waking a soul
from slumber
No sleep walking
when there is
a shaking, blowing
bracing wind
to contend with
and rain dampening
the leaves
scattered and swished
into patterns
as if a giant mixer
had them in it’s bowl and turned them out
across lawn and street
red plum, orange japanese maple,
yellow birch
Let my soul be awakened and shaken
My life lived
full of patterns and abundant in colors
alert to the possibilities
of each new day
that half closed eyes
may miss.
© 2013 Julie Clark
Awake my soul to this new day
Don’t miss the adventure of your journey
There are connections of beauty and color
Weaving and waiting to be made
Keep my eyes open
My spirit listening
I won’t ignore the nudge or the whisper
Directing my path
To see the glory in another
To listen and to learn
To give the gift I have been given
And receive the one offered to me
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