Rising From the Ashes: A Spiritual Healing Through Poetry

By Jolainne BoRienne

Rising From the Ashes has come into being after years of a soul-searching journey from childhood abuse. Through the vivid imagery of poetry it gives affirmation to the wonderful healing process, especially when the process allows the Spirit to work hand in hand with one's own difficult emotional work.  The book links the spiritual

• Language: English
• Publisher: Go To Publish
• Release date: Dec 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647493035

Jolainne BoRienne

Jolainne BoRienne is a retired teacher after 25 years working with both regular and special education children with hearing, speech and language disabilities. She also survived many years healing from childhood sexual abuse which no longer defines her. She is married with four wonderful adult children and six beautiful grandchildren. She livesin suburban Long Island and enjoysreading, writing, painting, and playingthe accordion. With her husband, she hasdone extensive traveling and is thankfulto God for every one of these blessings.

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Rising From the Ashes

A Spiritual Healing Through Poetry

Copyright © 2020 by Jolainne BoRienne

Self Help

ISBN: 978-1-64749-303-5

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Contents

Introduction

The Seasons of Jolainne

Came The Spring

Autumn

Autumn

My Shoes

Quicksand

Small Enough Payment

The Torture of Dysfunction

Toasted

Pass It On

Angry-Go-Round

Winter

Winter

Paralysis

Quagmire

The Shield

REcycled

The Biycle Ride

Sniper Fire

—Evil—

Christ Mass

Today

To Sleep With Hope

Let Me Go

Come On

Lost Months

Prayer ?

Prayer Answered

Spring

Spring

Seeds

Letting Go II

Focusing

Awakening From Decades Lost

Restless Soul

A Pilgrim’s Lament

Spring

Trust Walk With God

He Knows

Holding On

Weeds

Through The Cracks In My Facade

Wounded Flame-Spirit

Jealousy

Let The Words Cry

Leaving The Nest

Freed From Her Prison

Locomotion

From Shamus To Serenity

No Love Without Pain

Forgiveness

Joy

Renovation

WOnder of Wonders

Looking Back

Summer

SUMMER

Ahhh!

A Whiff of Glory

A-mazed

Through It All

Healing

Always

Passionate Life

Woman of The Moon

Fullness

Mary’s Love

In Mary’s Arms

Treasures

Black Out

Sunrise

Windsong

Response To Psalm 104

Only A Drop

God In The Air

God’s Touch

If Love Is The Bottom Line.

Tomb

Secret of The Chalice

Out of The Silence

Glory

Wrinkle In Eternity

Ripples

Heart To Heart

Why Are We Here?

This book is dedicated to the courageous survivors of childhood abuse, those who help in their healing, and to God who gives light to the journey, making it possible.

Introduction

You are entering my journey, really a life-long journey, except that only the last half of the journey will be told here. Living through the years of abuse has been told elsewhere. It has been a marvelous journey, marvelous because I am able, from my present perspective, to see how its rhythms seem to correspond to the ever changing, ever-renewing seasons, all held and tenderly watched in the compassionate hands of Jesus. Of course, this journey is not just a straight trail through each season, for often even within a season I found myself taking a side trip backward or forward to another season. And I recognize that seasons are cyclical, but it helps me to find some sense of progress to my journey by considering it one long year, one lifetime.

Thus, I will look at my story through the season archetype, for it has been a journey from years of numbing emotions, emotions hidden in seeds if you will, to their uncovering and surprising growth. It has been both a psychological and a spiritual journey where I have discovered God giving me strength to survive, eventually uncovering the hidden spirit God created within me and, finally, to giving me the courage to share it with others, hoping it will help them to see how difficult, but wonderful the journey to full trust and faith in God’s will has been for me as it can be for you.

The Seasons of Jolainne

Fall has been advancing,

I’m drying up inside;

Cocoon’s wrapping round me,

My wintertime is near;

It’s my season to disappear.

I’ve known the blossoming of springtime,

Felt the outpouring of my soul,

And summer’s warmth of friendship,

Harvest of thoughts