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242 · Sep 2016
As the flower fades
Kathryn Heim Sep 2016
As the flower fades
into the winter of it's years,
so I watch your wrinkled skin
through intermittent tears.
While mine a story
of sadness be told,
for you a journey
yet to unfold.
as my sorrow
gives way to grief,
my heart cannot deny
my healing belief,
that winter melts
into the spring
and all the
flowers will bloom again,
but while the tears
and petals fall
especially then
I will recall
that once more
the sun will shine
and new life
your soul will find.
Heaven's garden
blooms year round
and to this earth
we are not bound.
240 · Jul 2018
Martyrs of Rome
Kathryn Heim Jul 2018
Lives persecuted
love's outcry
what others see
but still deny.

Would our beliefs today
stand the test
martyrs of Rome
put to rest?

A gift of faith
through the
hands of time
is the key within
this sacred crime.
236 · Feb 2016
Aspire
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
Through time
and tests
and fields
and quests
a will to do
a will to be
came for you
but not for me.
Reverse the wish
and smile inside
and know your dreams
are still alive.
And I shall
do the same.
236 · Mar 2016
Blessings
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
The sun, the moon
and stars at night,
The rosy dusk
and dawn of light,
the cooling breeze
and rhythmic rain,
the harvest full
of golden grain.
The birds that fly,
a baby's cry,
a hard day's work,
a peaceful sigh,
the smell of spring,
as nature sings,
the prayers we say
to start our day,
the hope in all,
the eternal call
from up above
a God whose love
has set us free
and blessed us all
abundantly.
235 · Mar 2016
God
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
God
I know that God
will always be
nearby watching
over me.
but occasionally
on certain days
I forget
along the way.
And on those days
my heart seems blind,
but somehow some way
I always find
that as I give
and get a smile,
God has been there
all the while.
A simple fact
that still holds true
a smile is love
from me to you.
233 · Jun 2018
St. Thomas Aquinas
Kathryn Heim Jun 2018
He set the course
and knew the time
when reason from
the earth would climb
and reach for faith,
God's gift to man
found between the stars
and land.
For as he taught
that God is real
all present
as we think and feel,
St. Thomas knew
what his faith meant
that humanity
was heaven sent.
231 · Nov 2017
Flowers at my grave
Kathryn Heim Nov 2017
Flowers at my grave
placed after I am gone
a gesture sweet
that begs life's song
to play another day.
224 · Oct 2016
Where are you?
Kathryn Heim Oct 2016
Are you circling the drain
or are you singing
in the rain?

We all face our destiny
within our own
reality.
218 · Mar 2016
The Call
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
Love in a lick
will always stick.

Love in a blink
can make you think.

Love in a seed
can grow a good deed.

Love in a storm
can make you warm.

Love in a tear
is something dear,

Love in a tickle
can make you trickle.

Love in a drop
can make you stop.

Love in a day
can make you stay.

Love is a treasure,
love is an act,
love is a promise,
love is a pact.

Love in us all
can we answer the call?
218 · Mar 2016
Reality
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
Poetry
is a
pleasantry
in
reality.
217 · Mar 2016
Touched
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
Courage in life
does not deceive,
the facts remain
in what we believe.

The hardest times
we ever face
are the moments
touched by grace.

Love's the unspoken
truth we share
while we search
for those who care.

Just know the world
before our eyes
usually wears
a grand diguise.

But if you live
with prayers inside,
then heaven's map
will be your guide.
216 · Feb 2016
Hesitate
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
To validate
serves to create
a reason to believe.
For one and all
both large and small
we should not hesitate,
as one might say
this might or may
interfere with fate.
215 · Mar 2016
All Around
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
Angels watch
and angels wait,
guarding dreams
protecting fate.

Beyond the realm
of sight and sound
their majesty
is all around.

Their voices sweet,
a serenade
to all the hearts
that God has made.

With beauty, joy,
love and peace
angel voices
never cease.

So when we
cannot see the good,
or fail to believe
as we should,
take comfort
on this very day
that angels are
not far away.
215 · Jul 2018
what is Love
Kathryn Heim Jul 2018
what is Love
if all we see
is everything
me, me, me.

Love redeemed
is
Love expressed
nothing more
nothing less.
215 · Sep 2016
Daylight
Kathryn Heim Sep 2016
The light we see
day after day
is needed to drive
the dark away.
Without the light
we would soon find
the dark would
overtake our mind.
Darkness
without sun
would be
a flaw in
God's eternity,
and His death
on a wooden cross
all for naught,
a single loss.
But the power of
His divinity
holds the Holy
plan and key.
The light that lives
day after day
drove the dark
of death away.
213 · May 2018
Death is not optional
Kathryn Heim May 2018
Death is not optional
not a strain to see
yet life amid the rumbles
begs a difference, obviously.

the destiny of one
mimics that of all,
do not celebrate the risings
before remembering the fall.
212 · Jul 2017
why do I cry?
Kathryn Heim Jul 2017
when emotions squeeze my heart
and stir the contents of my soul
I cry.

when the world is going one way
and my mind says "no way."

when my love goes off
the deep end
of this ocean
we call life

I cry.
210 · Jun 2018
Sacred Heart
Kathryn Heim Jun 2018
Where life's pulse
is counted
and love is stored,
where passions motives
are continually implored,
where we question our purpose
to breathe and be
and explore the depths
of eternity,
where faith, belief
and conviction start,
the Father, Son
and the Sacred Heart.
204 · Jul 2016
self
Kathryn Heim Jul 2016
Mary has my heart,
the angels have my soul,
the saints have my mind
but Christ has my whole.
201 · Jul 2018
Doctor of the Church
Kathryn Heim Jul 2018
Healing
the world needs more of,
the celebrant
undying love.

St. Catherine of Sienna
knew
what God would
tell me and you.

The blood of Christ
she longed to share
and the death
that could not
hold him there.

God's grace
and peace she
spread to those
any and all with
open souls.

A gentle, fervent
passionate calm,
applying heaven's
perpetual balm.

Her words, actions
and empathy
helped
pave the way
to eternity.
200 · Feb 2016
Flame
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
As stars brighten
the darkened sky,
my soul's a flame
that shall not die.
199 · Sep 2016
Think about it
Kathryn Heim Sep 2016
Think not ill of others,
every time you do
those thoughts with no good purpose
will spin their fate on you.
199 · Dec 2018
A spark of light
Kathryn Heim Dec 2018
A spark of light
a tiny spark
started the fire
within my heart.

And though it was dark
the light in my heart
all started from
a tiny spark.

The dark it
does not dare,
dare to strut
or even stare
because it knows
the spark of light
has grown to be
brighter than bright.

Throughout my days
and nights so dark
the wonder of a tiny spark
is what can start
inside your heart.
196 · May 2018
The prayer for you I said
Kathryn Heim May 2018
The prayer for you I said
was how my soul was fed.

The hope that hovers by
helps dry the tears I cry.

The love that my heart keeps
is why my Savior weeps.

His passion, life and death
are why my every breath
should say a prayer for you.
195 · Feb 2016
Preview
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
The bluest sky
the greenest grass
like all life
on earth
must pass.
The purple field
and yellow hill
speak softly
the creator's
will.
To preview all
this glory be
a glimpse
into eternity.
195 · Mar 2016
The Passion
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
The passion,
the pain,
the promise,
the prayer
continuously
creates
Christ's
loving care.
195 · Mar 2016
Resurrection
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
Christ's resurrection
inspires reflection
and offers
direction
and
motivation
for every
generation.
194 · Mar 2016
Mighty King
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
My God and mighty king
can see
where we are and what we'll be.
He knows we're living
day to day
and hears us every
time we pray.
He understands our
every need
and always knows
the way to lead.

He is our sunrise
through the storm
protecting us
from every harm.
My God and mighty king
I sing
with grace and love
for you and me
He always
stands by
patiently.
193 · Jun 2018
Dare
Kathryn Heim Jun 2018
D  are to write

A  rtful expressions, emotional insight

I  mages of identity

L  ost in time's memory

Y  earning through chaos and beauty.
Kathryn Heim Aug 2016
The hope we carry
day to day
needs the light
to find it's way,

the peace we harvest
row by row
needs the light
to help it grow,

the patience protected
though the storm
needs the light
to keep it warm,

the faith we have
from God above
needs the light
to yield His love,

the love we share
and pass along
needs the light
to carry on,

for God is light
will always be
now and through
eternity,

as the day
redeems the night
there is no mystery
in light.
191 · Mar 2016
My Words
Kathryn Heim Mar 2016
My words go with me everyday.

My words can laugh and run and play.

My words can shout or sing a song.

My words can be short or very long.

My words can be angry and sometimes mad.

My words can be lonely and very sad.

My words can shine and be very bright.

My words can be still like a cold dark night.

My words can soar like a bird in the air.

My words can hug like a big warm bear.

My words can dance like a ballarina’s toes.

My words can balance on the end of my nose.

My words can squirm and twist and wiggle.

My words can sometimes make me giggle.

My words can grow like a beautiful flower.

My words can last for one whole hour.

My words can be sticky like jam on toast.

My words can be scary like a groaning ghost.

My words can be forever like the big blue sky.

My words can flicker like a firefly.

My words can clap and celebrate.

My words are mine to build and create.

My words can be many or they can be few.

But most of all,

My words are a gift from me to you.
189 · Jul 2018
St Thomas
Kathryn Heim Jul 2018
Thou who
doubted Thee
and left a famous
memory
for all of humanity
by way of Christianity,
you could not
conceive
the deity
that is faith's reality
because of your inability
to trust the Almighty
within His risen
identity,
your devotion was
a poverty
but Christ gave you
vitality
and granted you
to feel and see
with total
objectivity,
and while this
did prove to be
for you a necessity
our Savior
placed His pity
on your mentality
and proved that His
majesty
was not born
in mediocrity
but miraculously
in the nativity

to lead us all
to eternity.

NO DOUBT
to Thee
all glory
be.
188 · Jul 2016
In my head
Kathryn Heim Jul 2016
Someone asked
what's in my head
I paused
and then I softly said
some days a poem
some days a song,
but then I suddenly
realized
that prayers
are what I've memorized
and with a prayer
your mind can
feel
that love
from songs
and poems
is real,
so these I
keep inside
my mind
so that I
will always find
that God alone
will suffice
and I will
not have to
think twice.
185 · Feb 2016
Believe
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
The brilliant sun,
the gentle breeze,
are tell-tale signs
for those who believe.

the mystery
of uncertainty
has no life
in eternity.
180 · May 2018
In the middle of fear
Kathryn Heim May 2018
In the middle of fear
at the edge of pain
no light seems near
to guide the brain
relief is a dream
hope, a lost cause
it does not seem
oppression will pause
always then
God will be near
at the edge of pain
in the middle of fear.
177 · Apr 2018
Superficial World
Kathryn Heim Apr 2018
Do you ever see

below the top of me?

All the stares I get
stop on my surface
and they sit,
they never sink below
where I live and
grow,
then they would get to know
me.
177 · Jul 2018
S A I N T
Kathryn Heim Jul 2018
Sacrificing

All

In anticipation of

Never ending

Time with God.
176 · Feb 2016
Thaw
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
Spring's sweet thaw
has met me here
so shed no more
a single tear,
and understand
I did not die
and in this ground
I do not lie.
175 · Oct 2016
The sacred heart
Kathryn Heim Oct 2016
The sacred heart
pierced repeatedly
with love and loss
sharpened arrows,
begs the questionable
value of sorrow,
while placing
redemptive power
in the holiest
of places
amidst God's
everlasting graces.
173 · Aug 25
word respect
Kathryn Heim Aug 25
HOPE is a word,
a promise of faith
rich and lasting.

To pair it with politics
is disrespectful and cheap,
poor casting.

The Audacity.
167 · May 2018
We Write
Kathryn Heim May 2018
We write
so many words
that inspire, encourage or
simply adorn,
because the rawest emotion
from the day we are born
is suffering and pain,
the lost soul in a storm.

Our words, if you will
can soothe the downtrodden
strengthen the wayward
place peace in our sight
give hope and heal
therefore,
we write.
165 · Aug 2016
Prayer
Kathryn Heim Aug 2016
Clears my mind
cleans my soul
fills my heart
makes me whole
seeks the truth
sets me free
brings me closer
to eternity.
164 · Feb 2016
light
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
Inside this grave
you will find
the darkness
that I left
behind.
And all the
light
you cannot see
is my window to eternity.
163 · Jun 2018
Harmony
Kathryn Heim Jun 2018
Do you look
or do you see

the ocean waves
or majesty?

the cloudless sky
or heaven's sigh?

the children play
or hope for the day?

the cocoon's spin
or the promise within?

the flames higher
or the will to aspire?

the stars bright
or dreams that ignite?

If we see
with heart and soul
what can be
our lives unfold
our stories told  

that's harmony.
152 · Feb 2016
Untitled
Kathryn Heim Feb 2016
Oh dew of morning
and frost of night
that starts the day
and ends the night,
so peace and joy
shall accompany me
forever in eternity.
150 · Sep 2020
the matter of age
Kathryn Heim Sep 2020
the matter of age is in your head
where it will stay
until you are dead.
147 · Nov 2020
The Sun Shines Brightest
Kathryn Heim Nov 2020
The sun shines brightest
on a dead winter day
soothing my soul
in the simplest way.

I cannot deny
what lives inside
it 's too loud to silence,
too big to hide.

I pray for all
who can't find their way
and can't feel the sun
on a dead winter day.
136 · Sep 2020
For the ages
Kathryn Heim Sep 2020
In the end it shall
Be revealed
As violence and killings spread
That "no lives mattered" to them.
Bold and ruthlessly declaring
Their cause a fraud.
For the ages.
127 · Oct 2020
Door
Kathryn Heim Oct 2020
death is a doorway
Life is a lane
Where we all travel
One and the same.
126 · Sep 2019
hold my heart
Kathryn Heim Sep 2019
hold my heart
and i'll
hold yours
as we board
the moonlit cruise.

we'll ride the waves
on the highest sea
our love will flower
in the
moonlit breeze.  

and when daylight
touches our souls
we'll maintain
the boat
row by row.
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