Finding Brighter Days: A Collection of Poems

By Joy S Taylor

We all struggle with loss and self-image issues at one point or another in our lifetimes, most likely more than one point. Some of us have deeper wounds to nurse than others, but we can all use the encouragement offered by the artful series of poems compiled by Joy S. Taylor. In her work, the author takes you from days of loss to days of change; though days of questioning to random days; ending in days of loving and days of certainty. She shares with the reader the treasures she found along the way in each type of day. The greatest of which is that through finding herself in Christ, she found true joy. Finding Brighter Days is a compilation of poems that lead you out of darker days into days of knowing who you are in Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098313821

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Joy S. Taylor, Joy in Verse Ministry, Inc.

Finding Brighter Days

Copyright © 2011 by Joy S. Taylor. All rights reserved.

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Published in the United States of America

ISBN 10: 1617773182

ISBN-13: 978-1-09-831382-1

Poetry; Inspirational & Religious

Poetry; General

11.04.1

Dedication

Certain individuals have been with me in the darker days, through the transition days, and into the brighter light of our present. I dedicate my work to Robin, Matt, Jannette, Tom, and Renee, my children, who honor me daily in the way they choose to live their lives. I dedicate this to my parents for the perseverance of their love for me. I dedicate my work to all those who support me, all those who pray for me, all those who look forward to my next project. I am grateful for their enriching contribution to my life. I am blessed by their love and wisdom. I dedicate this collection to Christ, my Savior, my strength, my greatest ally, my confidant, and my solid foundation. I pray my writing spreads the message of what Christ has done with my humanity to raise it out of the ashes of defeat and despair, creating beauty from difficulty. I dedicate this book to you, my readers. After all, the main purpose of writing is my audience. May each page you turn stir something within you.

Acknowledgments

This project is the culmination of the work of many. I thank those who worked on my behalf to take my thoughts and transform them into the literary work you are holding. I thank those who formatted my spoken word into audio versions of what you are reading. I thank Chriss B. for his recording artistry and his musicality. I acknowledge the source of any talent given me. May I use it only to glorify my God, my Abba, and my Father.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

Foreword

Days of Loss

Good-Bye

Tomorrow I Go

Lady-in-Waiting

Passing

She’s Gone

The Flow

The Christmas Cactus

The End of Forgetting

At My Passing

Days of Change

Change Is A-comin’

End of Summer

Family

Focus

Gone

Mirror of My Soul

My Loves

Ready to Go Home

Revolving Door

Something’s Missing

Sunflower

Sunset at Sixty-Five

Days of Questioning

Brighter Days

Babylon Revisited

Captive

Dew

Do You?

Faithful

I Question

No Home

Significance

So Far

Infant Warrior

Who Are You to Me?

Random Days

Autumn in Alaska

Denial

Ferry Fever

Highway

Just for Fun

King of Denali

Late

Messed