The Sevens
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Copyright 2017 Sylvester L. Anderson
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Acknowledgements
Thank you, Father God, for blessing me to be here. Thank you for the people in my life that inspire me day by day.
Table of Contents
About this collection
The Sevens
About Sylvester
Connect with Sylvester
This poetry collection was put together to offer words of healing and inspiration. Know your worth, give yourself every opportunity for the best life possible and most important, love yourself.
The Sevens
Body
The body is a temple
Housing for spirit and soul
A connector to the physical realm
Ours from birth to death
Pre-designed for gender, race and culture
Care for your temple
That it may not fall into ruins
Mind
The brain is a generator
An electrical field
Sparking thoughts
We ponder, we contemplate
We dream, we wonder
We create a world within a world
What are your thoughts creating?
Heart
The beat of life
Hearts stolen, hearts given away
Broken and scarred
Protected and cherished
An organic internal pump
Sometimes brave, sometimes weak
A symbol of love
Eyes
Are you who you see?
If not
Then look deeper
The naked eye
Has a limited view
The eyes of the heart
See way beyond the outstretched hand
Change Up
Throw life a curveball
Change it up
It all starts within
If you want a change
Believe and do it
There is no better or perfect time
Now is the time
Pride
Be proud of yourself
And strong enough to be humble
You are somebody
Don't act better than
Stand with a compassionate heart
Take pride in all you do
Just don't hog the spotlight to yourself
Mirror Image
You are the spitting image
Created without blemishes
What's that?
You don't think so
Take a look again
You certainly are beautiful
Beautiful like God created you
Overcome
Silent and strong
Loud and strong
It doesn't matter which way
Persevere and overcome
You can do it
You know that you can
Power up and overcome
Volume Control
Negative voices
Here and there
Negative voices
Lead to despair
Take control
Lower the volume
Turn up hope on a new outcome
Tears
Let the tears fall
Let them water the seeds you planted
Let something wonderful grow
Don't hold them in
Let them fall and be cleansing
Like rain falling over the land
Be refreshed and renewed
Anger
Fists touching the sky
Eyes of fire
Heart is a chamber of rage
The moment is nuclear
The fallout, devastating
Cooler heads can prevail
If we pause to think
Infinite
In a moment
We came to love
You and I
We came to love
Us
After us
Our love will live on
Follow
Where do you lead?
Should I follow?
I follow
Faith is greater
Hope is light
Darkness dissipates
God is in control
I Get It
I understand
The qualms of reality
No questioning
Real time happenings
Selfless thoughts
Sharing the sun
Even when it's raining inside
Vulnerable
Open
Absorbing all
Heart exposed
Nerve endings aware
Thoughts revolving
Needles in the soul
Feeling it all
Back Seat
Sometimes
You have to step aside
Move out the way
Give up space
Be a bystander
While understanding
It is not about you
Enough
Love
Honor
Respect
In this life
For life
My life
Hopefully, enough
Alarm
Wake up internally
All is not as it should be
Mind and heart not connecting
Spirit commences reflecting
Soul and God reconnecting
Alarm goes silent
All now in harmony
Begin Again
Let’s begin again
A new you
A new me
A new sense of understanding
Make the most of this time
Take good care of this gift
Let’s begin life
In Between
What happens in between?
Constantly recalling memories
The days seem to get longer
Sometimes, you just want to sleep
Photos, photos, photos
A stream of daydreams
Until next time
Hey You
If you give up
You lessen the value of you
Not a wise thing to do
There is something great waiting
But you will never discover it
If you give up so easily
On YOU
Mistakes
We all make them
Have to learn from them
Not let them define us
Neither let them break us
There are perfectionist
But there is no one that is perfect
Mistakes will happen
In The Deep
In the trenches
Dug in deep
Not going backwards
Plowing forward
The dream is set
Determination dialed up
With you all the way
It Will Be Alright
Been through some rough times
Been through even harder times
Got through a calamity or two
Whatever happens
Whatever comes down the road
It will be alright
God is in control
All and Everything
My all to you
In everything
That composes life
That gives life
And the world meaning
I find you
All of you
Walls
Built by the mind
Invisible border
Containment from living free
There is nothing to fear
There is much to live for
With a thought the walls can crumble
So what do you think?
Lamp
Light the lamp
A fire in the heart
Turn up the glow
Now shine for God
We are the children of light
No darkness inside
Lighting up the world
Despite
Despite what you see
Or what the circumstances tell you
There is much you can achieve
Do you believe?
Please do not turn away
Turn in the direction of your dreams
The course is set to take you there
Communicate
A prayer to God
Reach out to family or friends
Open up to the one you love
Remaining silent can kill
No need to carry the weight alone
Even in weakness
You can be strong
Not Done
Sometimes you think you are done
At the end of the road
Simply unwanted
God is not finished with you yet
He put a good work inside you
He never sees you as used goods
You are beautiful and far from done
Thank you for reading my book. I hope you enjoyed it and found something encouraging in it for you.
About Sylvester:
Sylvester is a poet and author striving to inspire, encourage and share God’s message of love and salvation.
“Never close the door on listening and learning”
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