As angels hovered They said goodbyes Through the mist Of Jordans chill Shadow of cross As time gave way They felt the urge to pray They clung To her breast Stained with tears Jordans waters Filled her lungs Stealing the breath That once sustained Leaving behind A weary shell Sweet presence lingered But for a moment As the glory Embraced her soul There was no doubt What ever the cost Eternal life her prize KJS
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Higher Than Hallelujahs
Hell on earth is just a breath away Time an essence of life inhale and exhale the hours Between a breath of prayer but…. He takes my soul and lifts it …. Higher than hallelujahs Above the hues of promise In the midst of rejoice my assurance is firm …Higher than hallelujahs A war between shadow and sunshine Conflict of words break heart Oft times broken in spirit Between a breath of prayer but… He takes my soul and lifts it …. Higher than hallelujahs Above the hues of promise In the midst of rejoice my assurance is firm …Higher than hallelujahs KJS2021
Mans Best friend
Paths of enchanted aged wood
Entwined with grain of silence
Delicate texture combined in dreams
Who crawls beneath the fence
…
Subtle colours blending thoughts
Of faithful ways portrayed
Devoted hands that feel and taught
Run as if through meadow
…
Softest wind as if to speak
Once embraced the master
Told the tale of happy times
When t’would meet at end of day
…
Paw prints etched on golden streets
Boundless joy for endless strolls
Content at last she nuzzles close
United with her master
KJS
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Emotions
A surge of ocean fills the lungs
Drowning waves of conviction
Feelings like a bow of silk
Tied around the heart with weight
…
Caught between life’s ferris wheel
Impatient butterflies await release
While flutters fill the nervous cavern
One prays for fate or choice
…
The soul is lifted on the mount
Steep the climb valiant the strain
Vision excelled to distant hills
Breathless longing stilled crave lingers
…
Relentless instinct drains earths mortals
Without would be a brittle shell
Creation mimicked science versus
Love and hate would cease to exist
…
KJS
Homecoming
Cautious the winds
She wisps in and out
Weaving through realms
Of courageous war
Her spirit roams
Visiting familiar yet
Surveying regions
Careful not to embrace
To embrace would mean
She’d come home to stay
leaving behind earths magic
Restraints of gravity
Silent tearing catching destiny
Thus quick gasp of breath
Embrace now deliberate
Steady exhale of eternity
KJS
In The Arms Of Back Home
Morning songs on the wings of tomorrow
Evening walks in the shade of yesterdays
Where memories become springs of living water
Onward I go my work nearly done
Lay me to rest in the fields of sweet clover
Where the dew kisses the dawn
Footprints of angels mark the path to my homeland
Oh lay me to rest in the arms of back home
How I long for peace of wind in the poplars
fragrance of birch in the cool autumn nights
strength of the jack pine holds me fast to my journey
The sun now sets on the lake of the woods
My eyes close in death as I bid my farewell
To the place my heart has called home
I cross over Jordan with no backward glance
The sunsets behind me I reach that fare shore
KJS2021
The Visitor
Being an advocate for our seniors , always creating awareness for the importance of visiting the seniors, now that privilege has been removed…Amidst the world chaos struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, the awareness is still a valid cause. This poem speaks of what it means to an elderly soul who spends day after day in a long term care home and then is blessed with a visitor. Now with strong measures in place with no visitors allowed to help fight against Covid-19 in the homes. Please say a prayer for these dear loved ones. I wonder if the saying applies, “you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone” 
Morning dew
cool tired feet
caressing each step
I feel relief,
drowsy daisies
start to stretch
welcoming warmth
from evenings slumber
Relief though faint
strength is gained
amidst the
dawning glory,
unfolding promise
clings with certain
embracing grace
with daylight hues
Meadows green
of afternoon
the comfort of
someones touch,
the lonely ends
as smiles begin
welcoming love
amid the words
Once again
the cool returns
yellowing rays
turn into gold,
I bid farewell
a day well spent
contentment folds in
peaceful rest
KJS
I want to add a very important note, a huge thank you and prayers to all our health care workers putting their lives on the line everyday to care for our dear seniors. God bless them and keep them safe ❤
Failing Footholds
Raising awareness through poetry for our dear seniors & elderly. Advocates are a necessity of life for these dear souls 
With every like share and comment you are helping create awareness. Thank you.
Failing Footholds
Hushed summer breezes fill the air
as silent lullabies calm the heart
cradled in promise we wait for the grace
to whom shall we go if we cannot walk
Absence of light the eyes are wearied
suspended in darkness lost voice of the soul
answers are hidden to questions not spoken
to whom shall we speak if we cannot talk
Beyond explanations intent of meaning
further than strength we lose our way
falling prey to no new beginnings
stumbling through life our only survival
KJS
Changing Colours
Now some may take offence to this writing but please take into consideration I am creating awareness, in honour and respect of our dear dad who left this world on February 29 at 11:35 AM. Surrounded by his daughters in a room where it reeked in lack of privacy, dignity, respect, and compassionate communication, these are things I will continue to fight for, for change for our seniors, our dear elderly who have earned the honour and respect to have a specific end of life care room. This poem reflects the truth in his death, his last few days and hours and the grief of his daughters. Thank you ❤
Pillows of grief cushion the fall
through veil of tears attempted goodbyes
interrupted by fear and impolite noise
death is lurking the soul in waiting
Bedside manners filled with prayer
holding the hand that soon will be gone
air is thick with cluttered interruptions
enters and exits rob us of moments
Angels hover our hearts are breaking
straining to hear breath of wings
clamorous shuffles we try to focus
songs are sung to mask such commotion
United despaired we cling to hope
that soon death will not be displayed
pleading for grace and a quite arbor
respect for a soul fighting for life
Solitude required why must we beg
like scavengers we crave for dignity
respect for our loved one on display
communication scattered lost in shuffled
Broken now the colours change
rapid breath before the calling
we strain to hear the heart of father
the hands once warm now feel the chill
He rushes now to meet our mother
embraced in heaven we say goodbyes
amidst our sorrow his pain is over
the show is over the curtain falls
KJS
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The Embrace
Sustain my heart
with a long good bye
watching you leave
till your shadow dissolves
into tears of longing
oh… not to be left behind!
Weary eyes that
give way to rest
slipping into dreams
of yesterdays
oh… familiar caresses!
from one who went before
Oh…what is this!
new life of watching
waiting and wondering
a world where
days are echoed
with such continual emptiness
Pleadings with prayer
oh…God help me!
release my body
from this prison
filled with little dignity
and racked with pain and sorrow
Respect of a life
the sword is raised
shrouded by heaviness
of grieving and death
oh…arms are lifted!
as breath turns into embrace
KJS
Photo compliments of Joyce Peters ❤
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