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Warm Glow of Lights- A Walk in Winter
What was I thinking coming to live in this four seasons country which I have grown to love over the course of time. Canada has been my home for almost 24 years. I left a tropical island with only two seasons-sunny and rainy- for greater opportunities in icy freezing winter. (Not even Canadians born here have gotten use to the cold). We all have to tolerate its chilling tentacles with shape spikes!
I do not like shoveling snow. I do not like waiting for public transit when it is snowing or it has snowed. I hate walking in unplowed streets where the snow is almost my height -about 5 feet; and to make it worst, the city have a way of blocking you in with snow, especially if you live on a side street leading into a main street. And do not talk about the wind; sometimes I do not know which is worst-the snow drifting in the blustering wind; or, that sneaky cold breeze that stings when you least expect it.
I do not like the wind trying to find a way to sneak under my many layers of clothing, making me feel under-dressed. My friend told me years ago when I first came to Canada, that you cannot get rid of the cold no matter how much you’re padded up or bundled up; also, there is no fashion when it comes to winter. She said that it is okay to have two hats on your head, four extra layers of clothing on, and it’s better to stay warm than to be fashionable. Well, I will argue the latter with her, there is some fashion in winter.
On a positive note, I refuse the cold to keep me indoors. Too much ‘indoors’ will send me insane. O yes, I have itchy feet, I must walk; just have to go outside. The cold cannot keep me in, even on days when all I see is the vapor coming out of the mouths or nostrils of people; or, I get that nod from the neighbors with eyes peering through ninja style hats or scarves- I feel you too. Me, I’m covered up too, the only parts of me that I might leave exposed for a quick snapping of photos, are my right hand fingers. Seriously. I just realized that I do not text or make any calls while trying to stay warm on a blustery biting cold day or night.
Warm Glow of Lights is a poem or thought on lines according to Catherine Cookson, that I wrote to a beat in my head; I sang and chanted it while walking to get my daughter from the babysitter. The evening was just perfect, cold and crisp– warm lights were striking across the sky; some having the appearance of angels. I raised my voice to my contentment as my deepest thoughts and prayers were with all the poor souls who were making their way out of the bitter cold.
Today my sentiment remains the same. The cold weather forces me to think of the homeless and the underprivileged in my community. While I might not like winter, I will be dressing very warm to extend my help for a worthy cause.
#outofthecold #homelessness #metoo
Warm Glow of Lights
By jjf edited 2017
Glow night snow
glow lights over the hearts
warming in shelters
beaming over all who are
fortunate to be
tucked away from the tentacles
of winter: snow sprawls all over,
nipping at everything; as clouds linger in an
overcast of freezing
windchills that you wish not even your enemies
be in this shivering bitter cold.
My prayer is that no person be found outside,
with hardly any vital signs; or no fire to cover the coldest
curdled hard to fight against winter’s elements
where the outside lights will not keep you warm
tears are useless in the cold, it freezes up
so on this biting, frosty night
it will be warmer with others; to share a fireplace, a kitchen, a bed
I beseech you find cover that will shield you
against the coldest needles which can pierce
even the warmest of spirits…
(c) 2015 jjf
Just Rest
Just Rest
When your soul pains in despair
Lay your head gently to rest upon the Savior’s breast
When tiredness grip your loins
Rest assured that His love will carry you on
God will never give up on you
No matter how far you run
He will carry you in His bosom
Lift you when you fall
He’ll embalm your knees, wipe your tears
And let His glory shine on your countenance
Remain assured as you rest your life
In the Master’s hands; He will guide you on.
jjf @ 2016
Random Notes of Love 1
I love the month of February because I was born on the sixteenth. February- the love month – giving and loving and sharing and forgiving; well, that’s what they say. The sweet repetition of the conjunction ‘and’ makes everything add up in the love month. Over the years, I wrote many short pieces about love: love and friendship; love and heartaches; love and hate; love and life; love and death; misunderstood love; and love, love, love…but I am learning the greatest love of all is in my savior Jesus Christ!
The old cliché-short, sweet and spicy!
Enjoy. ♥jjf
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Invitation (Edited)
Our time of hate is in the past
Now it’s our time to love
Your colorful eyes follow me around,
Are you afraid to stare?
Yet, you like what you see
Are my lips too full to swallow yours?
Are my eyes too deep that you feel helpless?
Come, you can taste my honeycomb
Don’t be afraid of the light
There is so much that I can teach you
Come, feel me
Not in secret places, come
Let’s go to the mountains
It’s fresher there
Our time of hate is in the past
Now it’s our time to love,
Again.
(c) 2016 jjf
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To Argue Love
And if we argue, fuss, or fight
What good it’s gonna do tonight?
You take a piece of my heart
and with the same breathe say, ‘I love you’
What good it’s gonna do today?
(c) 2016 jjf
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Restless Dove
I’ll contend for you my love
as sure as the stars are above
though you may try to fly away
my love for you will multiply,
though distance may keep us apart,
though others may try to steal your heart;
my grip on you shall never depart.
(c)2016 jjf
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Indecision
Can I look at life in a two way fold
Can I walk through two open doors
Can I share love fifty-fifty
What then shall I do?
Deep into those eyes I am afraid
Deep into the past I keep remembering
Deep into the future I have to go
What then shall I do?
(c) 2016 jjf
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A Song of Longing
I’ll be there before the first rain falls
I’ll be there before you close your eyes
If all the rain should stop falling
If all the fruit trees stop bearing
If all the birds stop singing
My love for you will never change
My laughter will be heard throughout the land
To bring joy to your heart
I’ll be there before the sun sets
I’ll be there before you close your eyes.
(c) 2016 jjf
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Question to Self
Do you love you enough?
Asking the same questions over and over again:
Who do you think you are?
Do you love your thoughts?
In a whisper: do you love you?
Do you love your neighbor as yourself?
Go ahead, it’s good to love you too
Why should you hide who you are?
The stars burst in its firmament
Blazing a wink that extends the universe
And we who are on earth can look and behold its wonderment
The beautiful array of God’s love canopied above us
Why should such love be hidden?
Go ahead, it’s good to love you;
And you will have no hindrances loving your neighbor too.
(c) 2016 jjf
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