RESTING PLACE
MY SOUL WONDERED THE EARTH
SEARCHING
SEARCHING FOR TRANQUILITY
TO EASE THE TURMOIL WITHIN
LIKE A BUTTERFLY MY SOUL CAME
TO REST UPON MANY A FLOWER
BUT THAT ULTIMATE PEACE
COULD NOT BE FOUND
WHILE EXTRACTING MY SOUL
FROM WHAT WAS TO BE THE LAST FLOWER
I STUMBLED UPON A FLOWER WHOSE
BEAUTY WAS OBSCURED BY ITS SURROUNDINGS
IT WAS AS IF THIS FLOWER CHOSE TO
REMAIN HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD
AND ALL OF ITS UGLINESS
IN ITS OBSCURITY IT BECKONED ME
MY SOUL FLEW CLOSER TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK
AND I WAS CAPTIVATED BY ITS BEAUTY
I TOUCHED THE PETALS OF THIS FLOWER
AND WAS GREETED WITH THE FEEL
OF PURE SILK
ITS FRAGRANCE WAS EXOTIC AND RARE
MY SOUL RESTED AND THIS FLOWER
OPENED UP TO REVEAL ALL OF ITS BEAUTY
AND IN OPENING UP TO ME I FOUND THE
PEACE THAT MY SOUL WAS LOOKING FOR
NOT ONLY WAS THERE PEACE BUT
LOVE
HAPPINESS
COMPASSION
ALL OF THE THINGS MY SOUL SEARCHED
FOR AND MORE
MY SOUL HAD FOUND ITS RESTING PLACE
T.N.2005
