Gifts

innate gifts entrusted gifts

Gifts

many of us are born with gifts.

Innate gifts, and entrusted ones;

from birth that were given from above.

however, there are few that are

selected and entrusted with special gifts

carrying great burden and responsibility.

Discernment, never-ending compassion, 

empathy, unconditional love are among those. 

abusing this grand privilege 

could result in dire consequences.

so…carefully and cautiously, 

this one must tread;

spreading a message of hope;

that it is certainly not dead; 

it is still alive.

also helping those who are deeply 

in despair, is her mission detail.

consequently, there was a subtle

nudge; soft reminder and whisper. 

reasonably, discernment did disturb her.

glimpses, flashes, places, de ja vu 

over and over again; unknowable 

things speaking within; 

about people she’d never met before,

creaped her out! 

unexpected encounters, spontaneously 

feeling of others bothering her,

by simultaneously delivery,

her reacting, understanding, compassion,

empathy and agape’ love heightened.

she did become very frightened.

meanwhile, 

realizing she was quite different;

her importance needs a-mentioning.

t’was a hard struggle, battle, upheaval,

wrestling within her essence because 

of her defiance and rejection;

of this something that always will be

part of her; ignorance is blissful,

she thought.

in the beginning, never taking time; 

setting aside her inner-most self

reflections, stubbornly resisting.

she fought against her gift,

did not want anything to do with it.

why me? why me? 

don’t want this misery!

i’m not worthy! i’m nobody!

obviously something wrong with me!

in frustration, she cried and pleaded!

missing her specific reason regarding

an upcoming journey.

simply did not understand why

these things were happening.

her glass was negatively half-empty; 

not half-full, being her point of view;

thinking that her gift was no more 

than a curse instead of a blessing; 

she continued insisting.

feeling perplexed, afraid, scared, 

confused; arrayed in complete dismay; 

trying to run away and escape; in helpless

denial with an up-side-down smile and 

frown she did wear.

pulling back, avoiding, fighting against,

totally refusing to accept. 

surrender was inevitable, there is reason

for everything she did ponder.

accepting that she had meaning and 

purpose, uncertainty, doubt and disbelief

did flee, giving her relief and peace.

she is wise; born with a vail covering her eyes.

she is an old soul; processing the ability 

to discern, two-fold; this she did not study 

or learn. her age does not apply in this matter

at all. 

almighty walks through her.

he guides her well; obtaining spiritual 

direction and understanding of things, 

that most cannot comprehend. she is 

fashioned with a glow of never-ending 

compassion; attracting all walks of life 

despite her shy quiet demeanor.

she does not stand out in the crowd or 

draw unwanted, warranted attention,

or trouble, she does not cause. 

she is unassuming, plain, nothing special 

for naked eyesight. but...she exudes abnormal 

intelligence; she is firm when need be, 

well-spoken, has no bad intention, naturally 

honest, innocently curious; reserved and 

modest in action and word,  and as everyone 

else, she is not perfect.  

Author's Note

Prose poem. Open to comment, suggest and review.

Reviews

[Arundass TP]

I am some how addicted to your poems. I have read few. All great ones.

[ROXANE DORSEY]

Many don't know how blessed they are to have such gifts. I love this piece thanks for sharing.

[samparks,sam]

So great poem I like too much

[Coyote Poetry]

Life is falling in proper place.
"her glass was negatively half-empty;
not half-full, being her point of view;
thinking that her gift was no more
than a curse instead of a blessing; "
The above lines are true for many. Want more or less. Life seem to take us where we don't want to go. Thank you dear friend for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[wordman]

in most cases they will always reject the gift,they think they are not suitable,but god gives the gifts to whom he chooses ,great write 1