Greenstone Peace
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I speak for my troubled heart:
Please understand I do not seek pity
for pity can conceal judgement.
I do not seek quick solutions
for I know my pain runs deep.
I seek your compassion, your presence
and you acceptance of who I am
beyond how I appear.
I seek a door opening to peace.
I speak as one who cares:
I do not stand apart from pain
for weakness is my burden too.
I come to serve but
find myself being served.
I come to plant but
find the seeds already sown.
So let me come to simply care
that the way of peace might open for each.
James B Lyons
written for Greenstone Doors December 2014
Please understand I do not seek pity
for pity can conceal judgement.
I do not seek quick solutions
for I know my pain runs deep.
I seek your compassion, your presence
and you acceptance of who I am
beyond how I appear.
I seek a door opening to peace.
I speak as one who cares:
I do not stand apart from pain
for weakness is my burden too.
I come to serve but
find myself being served.
I come to plant but
find the seeds already sown.
So let me come to simply care
that the way of peace might open for each.
James B Lyons
written for Greenstone Doors December 2014