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The Sun Will Rise

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The Sun Will Rise

So brightly does the sun light up the sky
and the moon glows in the dim starry nigh’.
The day is always lit, its beauty not always seen
As the night comes, we value what daylight means.
Shadows are often cast, blocking out the light
Then the darkness comes, we are lost in the night.
Overwhelmed by the dark and yet the light so far
Then a glimpse of hope, from the glow of a star.
Although the darkness comes, the sun will rise
Casting out the night, the darkness slowly dies.
The light never seems to come, yet it always will
Though patience and prayer as we sit still.
The darkness is just dark, it is not the end of light
Although vision is lost, the day will bring back sight.
Even though the dark seems weary and trying on the soul
Daylight comes to restore, put together what was whole.
Time goes by, nights only seem to pass
Faith tells us that darkness, shall not last.
Nothing will come that we cannot bear
Throughout the darkness, God was still there.
He holds our hand and leads us through
Never once alone, God is always with you.
The darkness will fade and light again exist
It may be a long journey, continue to persist.
Light will come again and you will once again see day
Strength you will feel, as you find your way.
For just as the sun sets, it rises on the eastern side
and you shall once again live, as swiftly as the tide.
When darkness comes around, God has given the moon’s glow
So you may know and trust that light will soon show.
Brighter days lie ahead and the darkness will soon fade
Don’t think of shadows as darkness, think of them as shade.

~ Jennifer R. W. Vargas

March 23, 2006

Age 19. To give a glimmer of hope that dark times will not always consume you. There will eventually be a light at the end of the tunnel and you will make it through to the other end. Even when it feels like you have lost your way, look around and try to find the glimmers of hope. Hold on to them until you make it out, back into the daylight, no longer surrounded by clouds of darkness.

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A Whispered Name

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A Whispered Name
A name whispered throughout the wind longing to be heard,
A voice endeavoring to be found yet proclaimed with every word.
A faint prayer muttered along with the pandemonium of countless others,
The vanished voice struggles to discover, when it will be accompanied with another’s.
To be heard but not seen, to listen but to not have a clear conception,
To seek for the implementation of the precise answers and not having that perception.
To be lost in the blustery weather and not know which ending leads to where,
Feeling so alone and having not a soul with whom to be able to share.
 A call wailed throughout the systematic changes of the vast land,
And heard only by the Father who holds all the world in one hand.
Searching and seeking but never confident with what is discovered,
Wounded and scarred but never time enough to be recovered.
The world hears a cry but it never stops to take heed,
That maybe, possibly, another life could be in need.
That whispered name that went unnoticed has now been heard and spoken,
That voice that wanted to be found has now been awoken.
That prayer that was faint didn’t go unnoted,
That call that was cried was never demoted.
Those that were lost are no longer fighting in the darkness of the unjust,
Those that are alone have found someone who they can trust.
The darkness is no longer dark but has been brought into the light,
Those that couldn’t see by faith have been given sight.
To not only hear but to see and to have heard and have knowledge about,
All the great plans the Lord has for those who do not doubt.
So by faith one is saved and still another can see by that testimony of assurance,
And that by chance meeting has been finalized as a planned concurrence.
So whenever a name is whispered, it never goes unheard,
And God never fails to answer or hear every uttered word.
 
~ Jennifer R. W. Vargas

June 8, 2003

Age 15

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A Song From the Heart

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A Song From the Heart
If you could reach the stars, would you give them all to me?
Would you help me become more than I could be?
“Even the best fall down sometimes, even the stars refuse to shine”
You are always there and “I can feel your heart in mine.”
No matter where I go, you will always be in my heart
It will always be “such a shame for us to part.”
“I will walk with you til the sun don’t even shine”
We shall walk together with your hand in mine.
“You are my sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey”
“You’ll never know how much I love you, don’t take my sunshine away.”
“If nothing’s missing in my life, why do tears come at night?”
Yet “through the darkness I can see your light.”
“Too many years fighting back tears, why can’t the past just die?”
“Try to forgive, teach me to live, give me the strength to try.”
“You’re everything that makes me believe, I’m not alone”
You always make sure that to me love is shown.
“It only takes a little time to answer someone’s biggest prayer”
It only takes a moment to show how much you care.
“Light your world, let the love of God shine through”
and know “when the rain come I will hold you.”
For “in your name there is strength to remain”
The ability to withstand all of the pain.
“When I stand in your presence to my knees will I fall?”
“Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all?”
“Because I knew you, I have been changed for good”
You do more than one person ever could.
 
~ Jennifer R. W. Vargas
 
                                                        July 21-23, 2005

Songs that inspire me. Age 17