Marie Slider

  Continuing in Faith (a Journey poem #4) By Marie Slider Henriksen 5 December 2024   Have you ever wondered what it’s like to feel safe? Or how you can find comfort when life makes you chafe? Have you ever heard that voice from deep inside, That tells you that its time to get off this bumpy ride?   Have you been so lost, the idea of light was crazy? and sitting in the darkness made you feel less hazy? This is what my life was like, before the journey started, And here is what my mind was like, before the clouds had parted:   “Unmet expectations, resentments then frustration, Then logic out the windows, that’s the way my brain goes. Then loop-de-loop it goes around, Solutions to this can’t be found. In it I can’t stop this mess, I’m going crazy I confess.”   I couldn’t find a path to safety, I felt I had to fight Everything and everyone, each day and each night. I couldn’t find safety, I didn’t feel free, E...