when bad things happen... I hope this helps

pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
when bad things happen
they encompass and enclose
we can not see beyond or around

we feel alone hidden
our heart shrinks
our minds close
we are silent in our fear, unbreathable blackness

moments to minutes to hours to days

with the passing time
without notice
strength comes and it grows
our eyes open we exhale

in us is the need to survive
it is basic

we turn and look back
to the pain
the loss, the fear
we inhale in the light and

we walk forward
as though commanded
without purpose, without need
just to survive

moments to minutes to hours to days

we turn back again to see
a lesson lays there in the past
a gift, that which hurt
now teaches
leaves us stronger knowing more of ourself

so we move forward
we live and we love
our heart grows
our minds open

we see the fit of the things that have passed
like that of a puzzle or a domino to tip the other
each was needed, good or bad

then days turn to years turn to decades

when we look in either direction
we now see the Big Picture
behind us
in front of us
down the way and beyond

the Big Picture of Life and Beyond is here in
each pain, each loss, each lesson, each love
it is our Life and it was meant to be just as it is
It is Us.

I hope this eases the woes, life brings many.
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  • runawayrunaway Posts: 427
    pandora wrote:
    when bad things happen
    they encompass and enclose
    we can not see beyond or around

    we feel alone hidden
    our heart shrinks
    our minds close
    we are silent in our fear, unbreathable blackness

    moments to minutes to hours to days

    with the passing time
    without notice
    strength comes and it grows
    our eyes open we exhale

    in us is the need to survive
    it is basic

    we turn and look back
    to the pain
    the loss, the fear
    we inhale in the light and

    we walk forward
    as though commanded
    without purpose, without need
    just to survive

    moments to minutes to hours to days

    we turn back again to see
    a lesson lays there in the past
    a gift, that which hurt
    now teaches
    leaves us stronger knowing more of ourself

    so we move forward
    we live and we love
    our hearts grows
    our minds open

    we see the fit of the things that have passed
    like that of a puzzle or a domino to tip the other
    each was needed, good or bad

    then days turn to years turn to decades

    when we look in either direction
    we now see the Big Picture
    behind us
    in front of us
    down the way and beyond

    the Big Picture of Life and Beyond is here in
    each pain, each loss, each lesson, each love
    it is our Life and it was meant to be just as it is
    It is Us.

    I hope this eases the woes, life brings many.

    thank you pandora, it does help....you are a wise woman I feel xx
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    edited July 2010
    Very good Pandi, Life is sure filled with ups and downs. We can't have it any other way. The need to survive and move on is basic for all of us. And the need to find love - thats universal.

    Thank you always for your words....
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  • juan lesterjuan lester Posts: 321
    i dont have the words
    thank you
    uke can save the world
  • StillHereStillHere Posts: 7,795
    pandora

    that is excellent
    beautiful insight into
    the human psyche

    very nice
    and very appropriate
    i am sure it will help many
    i know that just reading it once has helped me
    i'm going to save it for when
    i need it most

    thank you my friend :)
    peace,
    jo

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  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    Simply beautiful my friend... ;)

    Wish you were here...

    ~RIP Dad
  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    pandora wrote:

    moments to minutes to hours to days


    I love this line, pandora! and the repitition of it. It would make a great song, movie or book title.

    I also like the positive, hopeful message your poem inspires. :)
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    Thanks. I needed this
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • JBiiJBii Posts: 354
    We needed it too, Thanks Pandora.
    That what you fear the most could meet you halfway
  • Thank you Pandora :)
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