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The Gift
by Steve Patterson → (All Poetry by Steve Patterson)
  
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chasing the traces of a formless dream
reaching for the memory of a sleeping scheme
i awoke in a Night so Dark
even the Stars were hidden from their mark

Where was I?
Lost in a Starless sky?
Was Time still passing by?
Per chance, was it my Time to die?
But why?

Only Yesterday
I was alive and well.
Guess it's hard to tell,
when it comes, who tolls The Bell.
But now,
is it Heaven
or is it Hell?

Life spends by and if we try
we just might glimpse it's last Good-bye.
Into the Dark I cry
"Why, oh Lord, must I Die?"

"One more Day, GOD,
please, please, send my way.
Oh, Lord, I pray.
There's so many things left to say
and do.
Oh GOD, I'm not ready to meet YOU."

Then Through the curtains shines the Sun.
Morning has just begun.
It's Light shatters the Night.
I feel my Spirit return.
I feel my Heart begin to burn.

Alive! Alive! Another day has come my way.

So now that I've faced the End
where will I Begin?
Will I try to mend
my ways.
Or will this just be
another day?
I waste?
Will I taste the fruit or will I drink the wine?

Guess that choice is mine.

But in that formless dream,
in that sleeping scheme,
did I Learn, did I Earn
this New Day?

No, it's a Gift GOD sent my way.










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 Reviews of "The Gift"
Reviewed by Kay P Devenish
Reviewed on June 26, 2003
Wow,,,I adored this poem Steve.
best wishes and a Hug
from
your aussie pal
Kay

Reviewed by Melissa Rives
Reviewed on June 25, 2003
Wonderful, profound thoughts, so well penned!

Reviewed by Gwen Dickerson
Reviewed on June 24, 2003
Dang! This is good! What's happening to you? It's a good thing whatever it is! hehehe!


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