Poem #61 – As Close as Your Heart

How often do you stop and rest
And put your faith to the test
For there you’ll find
Peace of mind

Come now and sit with me
Beneath a tree
Rest a while
Let me see you smile
It’s your due
Yet nothing new

Harken back to younger days
When joy and laughter filled your ways
Recreate this now
You know how

Just relax and sit a spell
Do this now and time will tell
A different tale
Of how to succeed and never fail

For greater effort brings not success
Less is more and more is less
When there’s faith and when there’s trust
You must do well – succeed you must

If this seems counter to what you know
See just how far you truly go
When all your might you do bestow
Upon a wall – how far does it go?

The greater the effort, the more the might
The harder you work to make things right
The more you need to stop and rest
In this way you fail the test

For when you know your own true strength
You can go to any length
With nothing but the greatest ease
Pay attention, know this, please

All the power you’ll ever need
To take on any task or deed
Rests inside you night and day
Look inside and find the way

For you are God and God is you
To some it’s strange, but trust that it’s true
Fashioned in His image you are
So look inside, look not afar

Closely as your sight can get
Look closer still and know that yet
God is as close as your eyes can see
For He’s in every cell that’s free