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Trust me was all that was said
I promise you joy
I promise you peace
I promise you hope
I promise you abundance
I promise you mercy
I promise you love
The words ring hollow in the cold night air
A thousand twinkling stars snicker at the fate
For to trust is the ultimate sacrifice
Of all the dreams,of what was
Of what could and might have been
Left with the reality of what is now
Living inside the memories
Safety is only false comfort
Remembrance of what was turns
Balanced on thoughts of yesterday
For within each moment is a choice
To fade out and fade away
Or to hold your heart open
And trust again
~Mark Schutter ©2014
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Very nice! Thank you kindly for sharing. 🙂
Thank you so much!
So very true indeed Mark! This part spoke to me:
For within each moment is a choice
To fade out and fade away
Or to hold your heart open
And trust again
Such a risk to take, holding onto to hope that the new path will be better than the alternative of a closed and lonely heart.
Thanks Kim! I am still learning to fully trust again these many years later.
I could tell in some of your posts from the past and today’s. I understand how you feel. 🙂
Great response, Mark! So very true. Very true indeed.
Thank you Sharla!
Your poem reminds me of our vulnerability in the face of creating new lives for ourselves, especially after we’ve been hurt. It is a chance we must take ~ to open our hearts and be available to trust the new people we invite into our space ~ but a chance well worth taking. The alternative is so lonely. … Well done, Mark. 🙂
Wonderful, Mark. Trust is so important and you speak of the emotions it bring up, very well. Keep writing and we’ll keep reading 🙂
Great interpretation of Trust. Thank you for visiting my blog…I can relate so well to this poem, “Balanced on thoughts of yesterday
For within each moment is a choice” resonates strongly. Thank you, Oliana
I so appreciate the way that you express deepest thoughts that everyone can relate to…always eloquently constructed with an undying sense of hope – love it! 🙂
I agree with Charlene. So much hope and longing here. Makes me ache. Yet trust is so hard to give again. 🙁
Happy to see you, Mark. Thank you.