Elements of Serenity

Serenity is my adornment,

The gift of years.

I envy not that blank

Of childhood innocence, outgrown.

I am become a woman

Painfully;

There is no debt

Against it.

Calm waters bear

No wear and tear

From their past storms;

Nor I,~ from storms I've known.

~~ © Nellieanna

7-27-72

The ashes

Scarcely touch the ground

Till resurrection starts.

Experience

With life and truth

This sense of trust imparts.

And so it was.

Thrice-stabbed

And left for dead,

Soul staggers to its knees

To finally creep

Into the light of life once more.

Belonging now to no one else,

It answers for itself.

Ransom: cancelled.

Self-claimed remains arise

To walk in light forevermore.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

9-16-72

In midst of chaos

Does one fold and crumble?

Or, - if not, - how?

If one will but stumble

Into a place of inner peace

Which is at core,

-No matter what, -

It will prevail beyond

External shore.

Its nature is greater:

It's to abide amid whatever chaos,

Whatever piles of ashes

In one's wake,

Then transport to newness Now in store.

No matter old dreams' trashes,

They vanish like a flake

As serenity brings new dreams' rising, -

- Much more surprising

Than one would've known before

Entering into each new Now!

〰©Nellieanna H. Hay

9-27-13

The way. ~

Twist a rainbow

'Round the day

And that is where I'll be.

Drop a moonbeam

In a stream,

It will not seek the sea.

But drain it dry,

to bring it near, -

The moon,

The stream -

Will disappear.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

8-8-72