His Majesty on Display and Other Poems
by Pat Severin
His Majesty on Display
How enthralled I was today
At the sky’s magnificence at dusk,
It’s subtlety of color,
The turquoise striations
Amidst the apricot streams,
Interspersed with the billowy white clouds,
Sun ebbing in one direction
And still bright in another.
I couldn’t help but look at them all
As the Master’s brush strokes,
Beautifully ephemeral in their movement
As if I could catch a glimpse of Him
If I moved my head just a bit.
But I was too hypnotized to try,
Afraid I might miss
His fleeting next stroke,
His majesty on display.
Spring Time Winds
As winter winds diminish and the warmer winds prevail,
At last I can begin to think of shedding this travail.
Like many who have felt the same, this spring time I will keep,
For as I’m growing older every chill is felt so deep.
My frigid body longs for warmth and sometimes makes me feel
So cold as if an icicle’s impaled me till I kneel.
It’s there in prayer I plead for spring and sprouting flowers anew,
The Father’s touch encouraging each blossom to imbue
A whisper of the beauty that in summer time will bloom
Reminding me that in a month I’ll wonder if there’s room.
For now the spot is barren but I soon anticipate
The birth of sprouts emerging as I see God’s hand create.
Exhilaration fills my soul with thoughts that spring is coming
So slowly, softly, yet oft times my ears can hear it humming.
And as it does it seems as though it tiptoes quietly
Until it finds the soil that’s turned and readied there by me.
For soon my garden blooms again and rapture fills my soul,
A gathering of flowers like a tonic can console.
And then when stresses try to tear euphoric moments mine,
They will have no effect on me, I’m feeling quite sublime.
Storms
The storms of life, they take their toll,
Can make you feel untethered.
Where are the answers that you need?
Or should each storms be weathered?
Sometimes you can and other times
It’s just too much to bear!
What do you do at times like that?
Where are the answers, where?
You feel so lost, misunderstood,
Forgotten and alone.
Are things as desperate as they seem
Or are they overblown?
Now, what, what do you do right now?
There is no end in sight.
You feel your life is flying by,
You’re in eternal night.
We all have times when we feel lost
That leave us wondering why.
We cannot find the light we seek;
We look to heaven and sigh.
I’m here to say that where you look,
Is always the solution.
For Heaven is the place He dwells
And God dispels confusion.
So go to Him and plead your case.
He’ll lend His comfort, aid.
For God has sent His Son for you.
Your debt has all been paid.
Just come to Him and He will give
The answers that you need.
Your doubts will cease, He’ll give you peace,
At last you will succeed...
In understanding what He brings
To those who come in prayer.
You’ll find true peace of mind with Him
And find He’s always there.
Sometimes God calms the storm but sometimes
He lets the storms rage and calms His child.
Pat Severin is a retired Christian school teacher who serves her Lord in many ways. Her current personal ministry is creating cards with poems of encouragement and sending them out weekly to those going through difficult struggles. Her Christian poetry is also published in the Agape Review and the Clayjar Review, as well as, the book, Pure in Heart Stories, which is Christian poetry and stories for children. She is a featured poet in the six Southern Arizona Press Anthologies. Additionally, Pat is published in both Perfectly Perfect Rescue Dogs and their Humans and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons I Learned from My Dog.