Poetry by Brian E. Wakeman
Today’s guest blogger is British poet Brian E. Wakeman. Brian is the author of Knowing Through Poetic Reflection, available on amazon.com. Brian, lives in Brighton,UK where he spent a career in education as a Religious Education instructor and leader in the secondary schools. Now in semi retirement, Brian is a trainer and mentor in adult education, a research mentor at OCMS, Oxford and runs an art group for adults with outreach/mission emphasis in Dunstable, UK. Brian, a husband, father and grandparent, enjoys applying faith to everyday working life through his poetry and his watercolor paintings. Look for Brian on Facebook, Linked-In and at: http://bwakeman.wordpress.com
A prayer written by request for a breast cancer patient
Lord,
I’m praying this morning
For release from anxiety, protection
Protection from panic
And the paralysis of fear:
The renewing of my mind
In my anger and
The darkness of depression;
And for the practice
Of ‘Thanks-living’
For all the blessings
In spite of everything.
Help me to focus
On priorities,
Take joy in the familiar
And in serving others,
Express my love,
Think more of You,
To escape the
Tyranny of the ‘I’.
The Capable Woman. Proverbs 31.
Written tongue in cheek…
She gets up at six in the morning,
Jogs before light is dawning.
After no more than five miles
She showers, and greets with smiles
Her husband with breakfast in bed.
By 7.30 her three children are fed.
By 8.30, she’s rushed the school run.
Now her life has really begun.
Kissing her partner goodbye
She to the office must fly
To her definitely demanding job:
As banker or a scholar
To earn an extra dollar
Arriving home harassed and late
She microwaves food on a plate.
Then after kids’ homework is complete
They have ‘quality time’ as a treat.
Then jaded, at her most alluring
Her love life is just ‘enduring’.
And, oh by the way, just to say
She forgot her quiet time today!