Presence, Divine



What difference do we make,
when a friend we meet to comfort
and to their needs relate.

We sit there often mute
with nothing worth to say,
that provides them anything  astute

Perhaps that's just the point
they know your limitations;
that their woeful head you can't anoint.

It's God that needs to touch them.
They need His Presence, Divine,
And in your caring touch they'll find Him.

So don't worry what you'll say then
It's your presence that they need
and what they see in you - is Him.

©2013 Michael S Davis
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXX AXA BXB XXC XXC X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 496
Words 94
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1

Michael Davis

I am a 57 year oldbi-vocational pastor and insurance agent. I wrote my first poem (Through the Haze of Life) at age 19 during the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in college. I wrote another that evening in the moonlight. (A Reflecting Wave) It took me totally by surprise and I kept them to myself as I looked to see if i could find them in the library. I figured I had just remembered it from somewhere. I hadn't. I have written a couple of hundred since then. The majority of them for my wife. She has let me post a few. I have a daughter and 3 step-daughters, and 4 beautiful grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) and one on the way. There are many sources of poetic inspiration in my life. Fortunately for me, most are positive, though I have known my share heartache and there will be poems that reflect that. I look forward to the interaction with others who have discovered the joy of putting the musings of their hearts into words. more…

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