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Poems

On Higher Grounds

I’ve searched for love in funny places
I’ve searched for love in funny ways
I’ve searched for love both high and low
I’ve searched for it in all my days

Yet often did I wonder
And often did I cry
Not knowing where the roads may lead to
Not knowing what I’ll ever find

‘Til I sat in silence along the way
‘Til I listened to my heart and prayed
That I realized love was always there
And that love shall always stay

I grasped it and I let it go
I breathed it in and I breathed it out
I tasted it and cherrished it
I held it with my trembling palm

For love has been there all along
And love will guide me ‘til I’m home
What I have sought I know I’ve found
And my heart shall rest on higher grounds

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Poems

If I Had Two Hearts

If I had two hearts,
do not fear, my love…
For I would never
make you cry.

If you think
I’d use them,
to break your heart,
have faith that I won’t even try.

I won’t run away to use that heart,
to love another man,
Why must I leave for that heart to beat,
when I’ve already found someone?

If I had two hearts,
do not fear, my love…
For I will use both
in loving you.

May these two hearts
be ever yours…
May it beat as one
with love so true!

Jocelyn Soriano wrote the books “Poems of Love and Letting Go” and “Of Wave and Butterflies: Poems on Grief”.

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Grief Poems

Grief Is a Blanket I Have Learned to Love

Post author By Jocelyn Soriano
Post date May 14, 2024
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Grief is a blanket
I have learned to love
Though I must admit,
it used to be so rough
I could hardly bear touching it.

Grief is a blanket
I have learned to love,
Though I must admit
that the mere thought of it
caused my tears to fall.

And I gave it all
just to get rid of it,
’cause it would rub against my skin,
and I’d lay down
with wounds all over me.

But grief is a blanket
I have learned to love…
It protected me when I felt cold,
and O, how I felt so cold!

I’d rather be scratched by its edges,
I’d rather bear its heavy burden,
than to lay down empty and heartless,
unable to feel the tears
flowing from my eyes.

Grief is rough
and grief is heavy,
but it’s something I’d carry
to cover me with warmth.

Jocelyn Soriano wrote the books In Your Hour of Grief and Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief.

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Love speaks,
but love is also silent.
Silent enough to listen,
when you hurt through and through,
Silent enough to hold you,
silent enough to kiss you,
silent enough to stay,
just when you need it most.

Because love is silent…
It does not yell nor scream,
but listens to your deepest dreams.

In times of darkness,
it is there,
allowing your heart to rest,
and it does it best,
to give you space and time.

O, how we need its silence,
when we are guilty and ashamed,
and we know we are to blame,
but instead of reprimands,
love is silent and understands.

And without speaking a word,
it consoles your heart and soul.
In compassion and in trust,
it raises you when you feel small.

And it gives it all,
in the silence of love you are cherished,
In the silence of love you are seen,
There is no need to run away,
or hide or turn around,
Love remains though love is silent,
and it will never let you down.

Jocelyn Soriano wrote the books “Poems of Love and Letting Go” and “Of Wave and Butterflies: Poems on Grief”.

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