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Reaching Beyond Our Lives
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- Reaching Beyond Our Lives --

John Herlihy

 

A river of light flows thru us, its impact survives,

A higher purpose reaching far beyond our lives.

Many people live life not knowing what it means,

Blinded by the ignorance, a wasted life it seems.

To feel ripples of this river upon our inner shore,

Blessings amid the hardship into our hearts pour.

Through the darkest days, crystal slivers of hope,

Patience and courage of what my mother spoke.

An hour finally arrives with a feeling all now lost,

All the suffering and effort endured at great cost.

Yet the river within flows onward, ever persistent,

All the while dark whispers within, ever resistant.

To reach far beyond ourselves and our little lives,

To take wing and soar into enchanting blue skies.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Friday 3 March 2023


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 Reviews of "Reaching Beyond Our Lives"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on April 28, 2023
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE! WHEN WE ALLOW ...THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD...TO FLOW THROUGH US, WE CAN MIRACULOUSLY REACH BEYOND EACH AND EVERY CONSTRAINT IN OUR LIVES AND SOAR...NOW, AND EVEN IN OUR FINAL HOUR! AMEN. SO FULL OF TRUTH AND LIGHT, AND SO ENJOYED. THANK YOU, JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed on March 22, 2023
Your mother was a very wise woman, John. Yes! Let us "take wing and soar into enchanting blue skies."..................'Love those lines!!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Elisabeth Barstowe
Reviewed on March 22, 2023
Beautiful ❤️

Reviewed by Diana Legun
Reviewed on March 21, 2023
It appears that a number of posts are writing of the ‘human condition,’ maybe because of your line “All the suffering and effort endured at great cost.” These two lines got four thumbs up from me: “Through the darkest days, crystal slivers of hope,/Patience and courage of what my mother spoke.” Love that~ djl

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on March 21, 2023
That guiding and driving force within has been described in many ways, both secularly and spiritually, but here in your poem, such power is given an exploration that asks we not choose sides of belief, but merely allow. It's there for all, in forms of one's choice.


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