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If People Knew You

If People Knew You

People don’t really know you.

If they knew you

they’d understand you,

they wouldn’t judge you

they wouldn’t turn their backs

and walk away;

they’d stop saying those words,

those harsh

and hurtful words

because they’d know the pain it would cost you,

they’d know how long and hard

your healing would be,

and how long you’d close your heart

for fear of letting in the people you can no longer trust.

If people knew you,

if they really knew you,

they’d love you,

they’d find a way

to know

how to really really love.

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Without a Home

There are times
when I still feel like a stranger in this world,
like nobody knows me,
and I don’t know anybody who’s there for me.

I want to go home,
but I can’t go home yet,
and I remain where I’m lost
and cold
and forgotten.

When will I be able to see the dawn again,
when will I be free
to go where I want to go?

No more a stranger,
no more a nobody,
no more alone,
and without a home.

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I’m Taking It All In

I’m Taking It All In

I’m taking it all in now
savoring each precious moment
that I have with you.
I’m breathing the air you breathe,
I’m touching your skin,
I’m looking at your face,
trying to memorize your smile.

I’m taking it all in now
for I shall never pass this way again,
I’m hearing your voice,
I’m hearing your laughter,
I’m seeing you,
I’m smelling you,
I’m walking side by side with you,
down the streets we’ve always loved to walk.

I’m taking it all in now
and I can’t waste a precious moment.
Each second counts, each minute is a gift,
no moment shall pass by, without me seizing it!
Living it! Taking it!
Filling it with all the love
I could possibly give away!

I’m taking it all in now,
I’m filling my soul with things that last,
etched upon my heart forever,
embedded always in my mind,
in my soul, in my very spirit!
I take what God has given,
eternal treasures that won’t ever slip away.

I’m taking it all in now,
I’m drinking it, receiving it,
basking in it with arms opened wide!
I’m here
You are here
This time is sacred,
and I’m taking it all in right now.

Poems Words of Wisdom

Maybe Not Now, But Later On

Post author By Jocelyn Soriano
Post date August 28, 2010
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Maybe not now, but later on
the words you’ve said will be remembered
they will come back,
full of meaning, and of truth.

They shall return
and they shall speak
as though speaking
for the very first time.

Maybe not now, but later on
a heart will be changed,
a grudge will be forgotten,
a hurt will be forgiven.

In that perfect time
when a light shall be cast
to help us understand
what we have failed to fathom before.

Maybe not now, but later on
we all shall walk upon one road
hand in hand
heart to heart
singing together a brand new song.

In that perfect day
when we shall see each other’s face
and be glad that we were friends
in that great journey we called life

In that day, we’ll be looking
at the same sky
and we’ll be dancing with one song
finally seeing
finally hearing
what our hearts have known
all along.

Poems Words of Wisdom

Look Not On What You Have Lost

Post author By Jocelyn Soriano
Post date August 22, 2010
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Look Not On What You Have Lost

For how long must you look back
at the road you’ve travelled
and weep for what you have lost,
for what you can no longer have back?

For how long must you stand
at the crossroads
not moving a single inch
afraid to take the next step forward
because it will lead you away
to the past you’ve been grieving for?

Dear traveler, you are still a pilgrim
and however you may wish to stay
there will always be a time to move on.

Cry and weep for what you will miss,
grieve for the love you’ve found and lost,
yet never let it hinder you from your path
to finish the race you have begun

You are here for a purpose,
and you are only here for a while,
even the burden you have, no matter how heavy it is
will soon be lifted up
never to bother you again.

Think of the many travelers
you still have to meet,
think of those whose burdens you could make lighter,
of those who could hear your song
and the wisdom that you have.

Move forward
Look ahead!
Rise up quickly even if you fall!

Now is your time to rise,
now is your time to face the challenges before you.
Take what you can from your journey,
leave behind what is holding you back.

Look not on what you have lost,
look ahead on joys you have yet to find!