1.
We only know NOW –
The beginning is over,
The future, a wish,
But blessings, dreams, everything
Build in us courage and hope.
2.
Finding ourselves in
The arms of Jesus who loves
Us eternally,
We are free to live in joy
Knowing His blessings ours.
3.
Coming from the storm
Into Love’s still waiting arms,
Blessed assurance.
4.
Hope stagnates within
The life where choices are grown
Limited by fear.
5.
What does it mean to
Carry a human inside
Your body? Love born
Into a perilous world
Forever caring galore.
These are tanka and haiku, the forms I resort to when writing is hard, or I become distracted. Usually, brief work will prime the well.
© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
Haphazard Creative 