(autumn leaf, image by ZAIDoo Pro, on Pixabay, modified)
IN HIS IMAGE
Bathed in love
fashioned like stars
we become light
Darkness lost its clout
to the meaning of our days
sowing and reaping
seeds of compassion
fields of justice,
fingerprints of a loving God.
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SEASONS
Trickles of falling leaves
tell a story of hope
and quiet surrender
Brown and golden leaves
cascade like teardrops
yearning for summer
We stand in awe
at the mystery of seasons
hopeful of the promise
of redemption
Like summer days
and winter nights
we fade unto seasons
after seasons
In this parable of life
sadness sits still
Heaven waits.
Marietta Lea B. Rosana hails from Tabaco City, Philippines, and is an educator,
a retired judge, and a lawyer engaged in the practice of law since 1987. She gives
legal counseling to poor litigants and teaches law in college after her retirement
from the judiciary. In her poetry, she attempts to harmonize spirituality and law.
Her poems have been published in the Catholic Poetry Room, A Time of Singing,
Agape Review, Academy of the Heart and Mind, The Philippine Journal of Education,
and the Manila Daily Bulletin, which was a national newspaper. It is her belief that
poetry is the soul of a nation and can strengthen one’s faith.
November 2024 issue
Just beautiful!