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Day 30 Poem in my Pocket

 Day 30 Poem in my Pocket

My poem for today is actually the lyrics to a song I fell in love with years ago. It’s called The Journey by Julie Gold. Sung by Lea Salonga 

The Journey

Half the world is sleeping

Half the world's awake

Half can hear their hearts beat

Half just hear them break

I am but a traveler, been most everywhere 

Ask me what you want to know

What a journey it has been

And the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

And they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in

What a journey it has been

I have been to sorrow

I have been to bliss

Where I'll be tomorrow

I can only guess

Through the darkest desert

Through the deepest snow

Forward, always forward, I go

What a journey it has been

And the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

And they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in

What a journey it has been

Forward, always forward

Onward, always up

Catching every drop of hope

In my empty cup

What a journey it has been

And the end is not in sight

But the stars are out tonight

And they're bound to guide my way

When they're shining on my life

I can see a better day

I won't let the darkness in

What a journey it has been

What a journey it has been

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Julie Gold

The Journey lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group

Years ago, my husband, Peter, and I learned this song. He had to figure out the guitar chords and I had to write down the lyrics as it hadn’t come out in sheet music yet. I sang and he played for me. I miss that. 

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Day 29 “Ing Poem

 Day 29 “Ing” Poem

Marriage

Learning 

Loving

Leaning

Listening 

Laboring

Living

Losing

Longing

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Day 28 Rainbow Poems

 Day 28 Rainbow Poems

Red is powerful, like our courage to live

Orange is happy, like poppies on the hillside

Yellow is glorious, like the sun in the sky

Green is calming, like the trees in the forest

Blue is forever, like the sky up above

Indigo is intense, like human love

Violet is peaceful, like an armful of flowers 

Whenever I see rainbows, I think of our daughter, Hanna

She loved drawing rainbows everywhere

When she died, my husband saw a rainbow 

As he drove home, there it was, “Hi, Daddy!

I love you and I’m near!”

Now they are together

Guiding me to keep seeing rainbows 

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Day 27 Nonet Poem

 Day 27 Nonet Poem

April showers bring May flowers, yay!

It’s been raining for two days here

This winter was very dry

Maybe this moisture helps

We still need to try

And not water

Like it’s not

Desert

Dry

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(My granddaughter in her Aunt’s boots from her Lady Bug Girl days)