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The Search

I searched for you in the daylight and found your message in the clouds. 
Golden threads of opportunity gave way to all my doubts.
Feathers of illusion sparked long-lost memories. 
Forgotten jewels and treasure now found as long-lost keys.
Hope drifted through the dapples of sunlight through the trees.
Visiting birds brought joy as I knelt on wounded knees.
For bounty comes from blood that is stained upon my glove.
Proof that deep within there is power and mighty love.
Life wouldn’t give me easy; it tested will and strength.
Duty to abide with faith and strong belief.
I couldn’t cast my line to the short end of the pond.
I had to travel deep and find the gift beyond the bond.
There is beauty in surrender to a bridge I didn’t see.
Now life is full of treasure buried deep beneath each tree.
Alas, I look in wonder at fruit amid the flowers. 
Arise I shall each morning to greet the final hours.  

Cindy J. Buechler
Cindy J. Buechlerhttps://creativejeanblossoming.wordpress.com/
My Poetry, Photography, and Journals hold treasure from grade school to high school to adult school, which I'm still attending ... just waiting for the final grade. Each layer of life reveals a new truth and with age, it becomes apparent that time is my greatest rival. My hope is to reflect with words and pictures that offer comfort, insight, and wisdom for a life well-lived with peace and tranquility in the end.

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