A Brand New World: February 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

Back to My Heart

I don’t want to leave this place
At the edge of the sea
I feel that You are here
In the wind and the waves
In the cry of a seagull
In the moon that hovers in the sky
Watching over me as I cry

Touching me
Bringing me back to my heart once again
The place where I always want to be
I never want to leave that place in my heart
Please….keep touching me

Every time You touch me
Barriers disappear as if by magic
All the impossible becomes possible
Because of You
Now I know what I can do

Words will sing and dance on the page
Expressing from my heart
This Love
Your light
Awareness of all the beauty around
The things we must keep
Ever close, ever safe

My heart sings the song
And I understand
What it is I need to do
Because of You

07/05/10
Copyright © 2010 by Charlene Burgess

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"The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean..."
~ from Robert Frost's poem, Devotion

Thursday, February 10, 2011

A Walk On the Beach

Driftwood and tree trunks
Scattered about
Delivered to shore
Like a gift, an offering
For us to explore
Makes me wonder
Where do they come from
And how do they get to the sea

Waves crash upon the beach
With steady rhythm
Heartbeat of the sea
Speaks to me of life beyond
Another world unknown to me
Explorers have tried
To penetrate its soul
Solve the mysteries
Of stories untold

Do you think there are angels in the sea
Watching over God’s creatures
Guiding the way
Loving and caring for those that stray
I’d like to think they are not alone
That some sweet angels
Are there to protect
Keep them from harm
When man disrespects

The wind reminds me
Of Who’s in charge
Even the waves
Respond to the power
Bowing their caps
Curling and leaning
With utmost respect
To Creation’s King

The sun glitters and sparkles
On the sea’s great belly
Casting its light
Like a billion stars
In the sky of another world below
I wonder, do they know
The creatures of the sea
That there is another sky
With another billion stars
That reaches beyond infinity

Reminds me of Heaven
And all the places of mystery

God calls me here
To the edge of another world
To remind me of His power
His Love and majesty
No other place
Has ever shown me
Like the sea
And all its mystery

07/03/10
Copyright © 2010 by Charlene Burgess

Welcome to A Brand New World!

Thank you for taking the time to visit and read some of my poems and reflections. This site was created out of a surprising turn of events and circumstances which occurred in the summer of 2009. These events took me on an eye-opening, soul-awakening journey which led to a totally unexpected and previously undiscovered gift. It seems I had an inner poet just waiting for the right moment in time to make itself known!

Before December of 2009 when my first poem came through me, I would have been the last person in the world to consider myself the creative type. Even then, I doubted that I would ever write another verse in rhyme or otherwise because I thought it was just a fluke. I cherished that first little verse - my memoir of a very powerful spiritual retreat at the coast that Christmas. I was ready to create a frameable copy with the notation "Christmas Retreat 2009 - My one and only poem for all time!" Little did I know that God had more in store for me. A couple of weeks later as I was getting ready for work one morning, I had something that was weighing heavily on my heart, and before I knew it, the words of a poem began to flow. I quickly grabbed a pen and paper and wrote as fast as the words came. From that point on, I realized that something new had awakened in me and it was here to stay! There have been many more poems since that day and there will be many more to come, I am sure. What you see here is only a sample of what has already been written. I hope to continue writing and sharing as long as God continues to give me things to write about!

I feel so blessed to have found this new form of expression. There's just something about putting your thoughts and feelings in poetic form that is very healing - cathartic really. Many of my poems are inspired by nature or circumstances in my life or the world that have touched me or sparked a passion in me. All are based in the amazing Love of God which has made itself more and more known to me throughout my life.

I hope you will enjoy your visit here at A Brand New World and will leave a comment or two if you are so moved. By sharing what has inspired me, I hope that you too will be inspired, and you will feel a little more light has entered your heart as you leave here.

Much Love and Peace to you,
~ Charlene

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