This post is the result of mingling thoughts about light and darkness . In fact, it started with the memory of my father telling me not to fear the darkness when I was a child and scared after waking up from a bad dream. He would turn on the light and say to me “As long you look for light the darkness will not harm you , you are a child of the light”.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness
Desmond Tutu
Now there are of course all kinds of darkness , not only the one when we go to sleep at night. No, there also the dark times which sadly enough come with life as well. And despite of all we have to keep up our hopes and believe better days will come , not to give up nor to give in. Easier said than done, is it not? Especially in the midst of all we have to deal with nowadays.
A couple years ago I wrote a poem about not giving up on love, however the message is more or less the same. Don’t give up on hope!
Sail ever the ship of faith
don’t steer hope into waste
to die on a darkened shore
where hearts no longer soar.
In the midst of darkness, light persists.
Mahatma Ghandi
Keep strong, keep safe ❤
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Dankjewel, Willy, voor je gewaardeerde bezoek en reactie.
Jij ook een prettige dag!
Ah, Francina … How nice to find you back among we scribblers, for it has been many moons since we’ve had the pleasure of your mingling thoughts. Said thoughts as they expressed in part, thru the verse of your ship of faith poem, brings to mind that you have been missed, along with your stories of the sea and sailing, a life of my youth on board sea-faring ships. Thus so, and of mingling thoughts, I leave you with a few of mine, in a poem I wrote 8 years ago. Yours to hold or discard, dear friend from that beautiful world of yours … “ Night Flights ”
– of fancy –
In a vicious sky
I persist to fly,
In spite such rain
Has wind feel strain,
And clouds
Hang on a string,
Fixed to a heaven
Of Beelzebub’s reign,
Though but a dream
Of eerie things,
Forever I glide
On falcon like wings,
In night flights of fancy!
© Jean-Jacques Fournier
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Thank you, dear Jean Jacques. Always great to hear from you too. Hope all is well with you both.
Your beautiful and fitting poem flies right into my files. Thank you.
Your feedback reminds me also that I still have to write a post on tugboats, the end of the series of ships. Well ,I will start some digging in my files.
In the meantime you keep up writing your excellent poems. Stay healthy you two. Ciao, Francina
Beautiful blog and pictures.
Dankjewel , Harme, voor je bezoek en je gewaardeerde reactie.
Beautiful post, Francina! xo
Thank you, dear Resa ❤ xxx
❤️ Francina ❤️
Thank you, lovely Jane, sending lots of love across the little creek ❤ xxx
Beautiful. We must continue to look for the light, even when it’s dim.
Thank you, Elise. Indeed my dear friend. ❤