Twists And Turns Of Life
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons came from the journey, not the destination. ~Don Williams, Jr.
While visiting San Antonio last weekend, we also stopped to see the Missions. There were some incredible trees on the properties and I took pictures of some of them. The two photos below were taken by standing directly underneath one of those trees, looking up. The contrast of these two images were so startlingly obvious to me that it deserved a poem to go with it.
Photograph by Viola Jaynes
Photograph by Viola Jaynes
Twists And Turns Of Life
We are displayed with such beauty
as we begin this life.
Pain and wounds have not yet mangled
the beginning of our time.
The innocence of existence
shines through so pure
with a display of vibrant colors
flickering with a dance of passion
for life that is brand new.
After a time, though,
the twists and turns begin -
and we become unrecognizable
through strange entanglements.
Entwined and knotted with rejections,
coiled and bent with tears -
obsessions, and fears mar our innocent beauty
we once had so revered.
Hands cover our face
as we desperately cry out for help,
all at once realizing
that the darkest of nights
can bring us back to ourselves.
Painful tears running uncontrollably
like a wild river down our face,
only to realize we have come to an open space
of acceptance and love
we thought we never had
but was at the wellspring of our hearts
all the while.
~Viola Jaynes
