Coventry Cross of Nails – Mellon Bay – Washington National Cathedral – 2012-09-13 (Photo credit: Tim Evanson)
There’s a cross on the wall
Just where the afternoon shadows
Rise and fall
There’s a prayer in the heart
Just when hope through misery
Struggles to start
There’s a child in the arms
Of a parent who will shelter
Innocence from harm
There’s a photo on the case
To prove that love and laughter
Always has a place
There’s a cross on the wall
Which points now to a memory
I never can recall
There’s a place in my heart
Where someday if you visit
Possibility may start
© Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
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[ Smiles ] Splendid poetry!
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Beautiful, Sis!!! xxxx
Thanks Skye!! 🙂 🙂
Beautiful. I like the last line and hope the message got to whoever you intended.
Thanks so much John!! 🙂 🙂
I like this one. So optimistically ended.
Thanks Ray!! 🙂 🙂
Stunning. I love the lines –
There’s a child in the arms
Of a parent who will shelter
Innocence from harm
Really felt those words. 🙂
Thanks Jade so much appreciated!! 🙂 🙂
lovely Helen, so much heartfelt sentiment, again a sense of a longing within these lines.
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
This just might be the best piece of poetry that I’ve read on WordPress. Yup, it surely is. It’s official. I hope you do not mind if I reblog this. I think my few followers will enjoy this as much as I do.
Thank you so much – that is incredibly kind of you, and I’d be delighted if you reblog!! 🙂 🙂