~ Places In My Heart ~

[DeaconSteve]

Places In My Heart


There are places in my heart that surface
as living joys of yesterday –
when I was just a little child
and often times had my way with a dream,
and saw some of those dreams come true.…

Showing glimpses of the times that I once searched
in the wind for a quiet hour -
or saw a thunderstorm or a ray of sunshine,
rejuvenate the life to a dying flower …

Those places where memories are secure -
When nature was restless to play
hide and seek with me -
and invited me to listen to the songs
that many birds would so beautifully sing.

Places in my heart that still yet, holds days of long ago –
when I would stare into God’s blue skies,
as dance and laughter would venture my way,
or a gentle wind would blow across my face,
And dry up any tears that were falling from my eyes.

Some places in my heart are still yet alive -
in that part of me where serenity was given birth,
and sought for me to find a peace with life –
Because there was no reason to run away and hide. …

And so very often would fill a sometimes need;
that I could escape this sometimes broken world,
and journey beyond what held me in, just some place,
Where I could quench the longings that filled my heart
as only found in the caring heart of God’s loving grace.

There are places in this heart
That bids me not to dwell on the negative,
That are perhaps buried in my past,
But instead, to be energized by the good ones
with hopes that those will always last.

These places hold my yesterdays and today’s
and the memories that I have embraced
that will part with me when I know it’s time to ago
where imagination was not so still, but much alive . . .
basking in the joy and even the uncertainties of long ago.

My childhood joys are not forgotten but stored in place
for I embraced the smiles, adventures, and cheers –
Not wishing to be replaced just yet, back then,
by the notion that sometimes echoed only fear.

I did not linger on this journey all alone –
and I shall not wander into unsought seas,
But I will cling to each one who has touched my life -
and hold on to any joy and peace that God has graced to me.

I shall gift the riches of these places in my heart -
and bestow them to those in my family and friends –
so that as we all walk the footsteps, the course still before us,
We’ll embrace each other to our journey’s end.

The time will come for me to relinquish
this person of whom God has fashioned me to be,
And I shall cling to Him and dwell in Him
As I have tried to do from the very start -
Knowing that when He comes to take me home,
Only then will I say farewell to the places in my heart!



© Steve A. Politte
July 25th, 2012

[Doug Holt]

What a treasure to read my dear friend and brother Steve

Your wonderful writing skills is a gift from the Lord

Himself

memories are such wonderful things

This is so special One of your very best in my humble opinion.

God Bless You Dear Friend


and an extra blessing for me to be able to read

this without magnifier or specks.

yOU HAD TO WRITE THIS AT THIS TIME sTEVE.

i AM HONOURED THAT i AM ABLE TO RESPOND FIRST.


lOVE IN his nAME

yOUR bROTHER

DOUG.

[Pokey's Heart]

Wow, Steve, what a beautiful array of words and they express your deepest feelings so very well. May God's goodness and grace always bless you in every way. This poem is beautiful and was a blessing to read!

[Hope]

Steve,
This stirred up so many good feelings when I read it! This is so good and so true, I love those places in my heart that keeps so many good memories alive and is always adding new ones! Your writing always reaches out and touches so many hearts, I know it does mine I really Loved this.
God Bless You Love Eva

[B.J.Morbitzer]

Brother Steve.,
What you wrote here just touched my heart in a most precious way.
This write is so very,very beautiful my brother.
Another beautiful blessed write.
I dearly love this one my brother.
God has truly blessed you I do know, Why because you have been an inspiration to so,so many.
You keep on writing and sharing dear brother of mine in the Lord.
Again I love this write of yours, Your brother and friend in Christ Jesus.
God Bless
Hugs Love Blessings
B.J.<><

[DeaconSteve]

I am still a bit groggy from being up so late as I did not want to go to sleep just then, for I was sitting on our front porch gazing at the darkness of the night, with the only light being that of the stars. The quarter moon had already gone down beyond the trees, the wind was blowing briskly at 87 degrees, and I was enjoying it all. And then . . . somehow this poem came about. I knew I wouldn't be able to remember it if I went to bed, and still yet, I wrote it half sleepishly, and since I don't write so many these days, I did want to share it with you all, for who knows when another will be whispered to me. Thank you brother Doug for your kind words, and I am thrilled that you were the first to see it, and O my how did you see such small priint so well? I remember how cool it was to be the first one to get to comment on someone's poetry, really quite a thrill. And all of you my dear friends Eva and Pokey, and B.J., all are my brothers and sisters, and I am so grateful to our Lord for all of you, and all of those who grace these halls of Nethugs. Thank you each from the bottom of my heart for your kind words, but more so for your friendship, each one is a special gift from God. Blessing of health and peace to you all.

[Chee Chee Martin]

Wow! You truly amaze me Sweet Pea!!!!!! How you express your inner most feelings leaves me in awe! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hugs ~ Sissy

[linda56]

Dear Steve, This is such a joy to read and it is so beautiful and goes right to the heart. God Bless You Always, My Dear Friend! Love, Linda

[DeaconSteve]

I apologize for not replying sooner. Thank you Sissy, and Linda for your very kind words regrading this poem. I am sure that most of us have those places in our hearts that are meaningful to us, and that often times we can draw on them to get us through a difficult moment, if not just to think about how life was so different than it seems to be today. Thank you both. God bless.