Sharing A Bit Of Me

Sharing A Bit Of David
Poetry from 2012 and Beyond


Heaven Sense
Before the Dawn
 
I listened to my spirit call
awakened to its song
Wondered why I had been lost
though now I do belong
 
I touched the essence of my soul
with starlight from the sky
There found a bit of Heaven Sense
On which I can rely
 
I saw there too the guardians
the angels of the night
Who with great ardor and true strength
are never far from sight
 
I found there Mother Mary too
the symbol of new life
And multitudes who found their way
through hatred war and strife
 
How strange this sense of Heaven was
most peaceful and serene
T'was then I stopped and thanked the Lord
for all that he does mean
 
For life accepted until death
brings forth eternity
Where love is shared forevermore
in perfect harmony
 
David L. Devaney
10-27-2012

My God My Friend My Seer
AM Wisdom, 07-20-2013
 
Please God I need your comfort
Your courage and your strength
I need for you to walk with me
Through days of endless length

I ask for your forgiveness
For things that I have done
Losing faith and faltering
With each new day begun

For though I strive for truthfulness
I often stray the course
Allowing life’s temptations
To be my empty source

It’s then I quick apologize
For wasteful useless ways
And ask your Saints to hear my cries
As each of them now prays

The nights, they are the hardest
So endless full with woe
Intimidating moments
That now do easy flow

So once again I call to you
My God, my Friend, my Seer
Forgive, caress and nurture me
And end this nighttime fear

Then listen to my heartbeat
Its rhythm and its sound
And touch me with your presence
Once lost, with you I’m found

Awareness brings Forgiveness!
David L Devaney

Dreams Pursue
07-04-2013
 
Beyond my own capacity
To understand each need
Is first my inability
To all my dreams take heed

And though they’re few and far between
For me they still exist
Life’s focus has been elsewhere found
Too many things I’ve missed

For me it’s simply understood
I’d oft procrastinate
And rather than achieving goals
They’d never be my fate

Now who’s to blame I’d ask myself
A mirror would reply
The image seen is known to you
The answer made me cry

So once again I do commit
To follow and achieve
And not delay commencement
To in myself believe

And thus I write this simple verse
Then hope that I am true
And find within that spirit rare
Who will his dreams pursue
 
David for Myself

Casita Hermoso
Serenity Revealed, 03-04-2014

It lies here on a mountainside
Midst boulders breathing life
A place where quiet silence
Does infiltrate the night

It beckons to the universe
Do listen peacefully
Here sounds of love fulfill the air
Resounding silently

Within is found true clarity
A place where fears are met
As history reveals itself 
With things we can’t forget

Here too, a calm abiding lies
Entrusted for all time
A sense of true serenity
And touch of the sublime

It’s too a place of learning
And self-discovery
For found within its hallowed walls
Is pure tranquility

It is a happy joyful place
Where fears come as a friend
Acknowledged, Greeted, Shared, Dissolved,
It’s where they find their end

And through our life’s discovery
This place for all exists
Within each heart’s awakening
Above the mountain’s mists.

So Mote It Be
David

A Friend Beyond Compare
This morning’s contemplation, 08-28-2013
 
In my lifetimes of experience
Through generations past
With so few I’ve commingled
True love just wouldn’t last

I’m not quite sure the reason why
That things turned out this way
Perhaps my own estrangement
Is me upon display

For when I in a mirror gaze
I see a friendly soul
A kind and gentle loving man
Who seeks one single goal

To be someone of consequence
Who gives first from his heart
A person multitalented
Who helps day’s better start

A friend to those who need me
A confidante when asked
A lover and companion
If that’s how I am tasked

A friend to life’s creator
A mentor and a guide
And one who through his bits of verse
Does many thoughts confide

But most importantly of all
For all this time we share
I choose to be this lifetime
A friend beyond compare
 
David L Devaney
08/28/2013

An Early Morning Thought
While praying for a friend, 02-24-2018

As we touch upon tomorrow,
And pass into the light.
Our essence now is evermore,
We have no fear or fright.

As we linger in our mystery
And humanness regale.
Our spirit now and always,
Through eternity does sail. 

And as our time is sanctified,
We truly do become.
With God and angels glorified
The ever perfect sum.

For life well lived flows endlessly,
Through giving, we receive.
The knowledge, wisdom and true strength,
To eternity achieve.

So Mote It Be
David L. Devaney

02-24-2018

Heaven’s Silhouette 
 
I see three faces in the clouds
Each touched upon the sun
They reach beyond eternity
Where life is new begun

And though they have no given names
It matters not to me
For they do bring a calming peace
And true serenity

They change upon the wind southwest
Becoming always new
And speak the language of the sea
As they are passing through

It's then great angels do appear
Each coursed upon the wind
For as they pass within my view
All life does new begin.
 
David L. Devaney
07-30-2006

St. Mary Mediatrix Mission Church
23323 South State Road 89
Yarnell AZ 85362

Though Gone It's Still Remembered

Evening Mass, 12-24-2012

At Christmas Mass on Christmas Eve
On top of Yarnell Hill
Ten people came to share God’s love
And happiness instill

The church bell peeled its welcoming
To Jesus born this night
Then priest and people carols sang
To everyone’s delight

The sun then set southwestwardly
Through windows with a hue
So beautiful the church was dressed
The altar and each pew

The crèche with Jesus lying there
Adorned so beautifully
By flowers and poinsettias
And a wondrous Christmas tree

The priest who greeted everyone
Explained God’s simple way
He shared good tidings of the Christ
This eve before the day

He touched upon the love of God
That filled this holy place
Then angels toward the rainbows flew
And left with not a trace

It was a silent holy night
For everyone who came
And in this desert mission church
No one would be the same

For Jesus he was born this eve
Into the hearts of all
His love forever lasting
This night we did recall

David L. Devaney
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