Christopher Stewart's Blog: Scribo - Posts Tagged "joy"

joy is being given
the secret of silence
after the hard lesson
and the heavy penance

joy is being driven
to relay radiance
and this way forgiven
for past indifference

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when there's no vim
the land to till
joy swells the wind
running the mill

when there's no verve
the page to fill
joy lights the spark
moving the quill

when obstacles
challenge the skill
joy marks the path
leading uphill

when restrictions
deter the will
joy brings breakthrough
from the standstill

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joy is presence
when strings are bowed
joy is purpose
when fields are ploughed
joy is keeping
to what was vowed

joy is a calm
voice in the crowd
joy is the truth
humbling the proud
joy is freedom
that is allowed

joy is quiet
when life is loud
joy is wisdom
piercing the shroud
joy is the mind
without a cloud

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when the constraints
the spirit faze
joy is a door
out of the maze

when nobody
offers their praise
joy is moving
on anyways

when challenges
the psyche daze
joy is clear sky
after the haze

when upheavals
disrupt the ways
joy is respite
on heavy days

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though worries hurt
and fears injure
joy yields healing
beyond measure

though gloom has roots
deep in culture
joy at all times
sages nurture

though the reasons
may outnumber
joy is the wealth
wise ones treasure

though the mundane
exerts pressure
joy is accord
with one's nature

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when gloominess
deflects the gale
joy is the wind
that fills the sail

when despair is
tricking the scale
joy is the clue
that tells the tale

when spleen is thick
and hopes are pale
joy is meaning
that lifts the veil

when no reason
can find the trail
joy is compass
towards the grail

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joy is knowing
the best of views
fuels volition
to climb the mount

joy is having
freedom to choose
which obstruction
one must surmount

joy is knowing
hearing the muse
is like drinking
from the youth fount

joy is having
nothing to lose
and yet having
blessings to count

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joy is feeling
looking upwards
skies enrapture
the sorry self
and its grievance

joy is seeing
looking westwards
social fracture
healing itself
from insurgence

joy is knowing
looking eastwards
proper culture
relieves oneself
from ignorance

joy is seeing
looking outwards
events mature
the early self
from quiescence

joy is feeling
looking inwards
divine nature
express itself
to give guidance

joy is seeing
looking backwards
how the future
bootstrapped itself
in existence

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