Life's Journey All Cried Out

By Earlene Teresa Vinson-Hinkle

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 30, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453581667

Earlene Teresa Vinson-Hinkle

I Am Earlene Teresa Vinson-Hinkle All my life, as far back as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of becoming a writer. Because of the many people who have crossed my path in life, I have grown to be the individual I am today. My journey through life, in many ways, is what can be seen as unfair, unjust, lonely, or maybe just hard. I see it as being blessed. Blessed with the knowledge of God, and the strength to find comfort, peace, and joy in ways many of us could not. I know what it is like to be beaten, abused, raped, violated, harassed, neglected, abandoned, betrayed, or just needing to be loved. To me life is a journey; we may not have chosen the road in front of us, but we are responsible for the path taken to reach the end of that road. Each day of my life I find comfort in helping others. Help comes in many different forms. My thought is that if I can find some way to brighten someone’s day, maybe mine will become brighter too. One of my favorite poems is the one titled “I Am” because it speaks of acceptance without change because I love myself just the way I am.

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Givers and Takers

In this world we should all be givers and takers

You can give joy to those you see

You can give love when there is a need

You can give advice when you can

You can give comfort and a helping hand

You can give a smile to those who pass your way

You will give what is needed to make it through the day

When you are given that priceless gift of love, take it!

Angel

I’m an angel from Heaven

Please let me fly away

I’m an angel of Mercy

Oh help,

Lord I pray

I’m an angel of Love

May my heart be still

I’m an angel

I’m an angel

Lord, let this be real.

Peace

Silence within a crowded room

The soft scent of nature’s bloom

The gentle breeze of a warm wind

The laughter of children with no feelings to mend

A friendly smile from a neighbor

The soaring beauty of nature

One gentle hug from a passerby

No questions to ask, no questions why

No locking of doors

No storing and hiding

No brick walls

No fussing and fighting

No one beauty

No many beasts

No collection of terror

Always enough food for a feat

Always a helping hand

No one person can take over the land

Always a smiling face

An abundance of joy and love

For the entire human race

The Gift of the Sea

Soft and smooth as it gently tosses by

Wet and cool is its spirit of life

Blue and clear it was made to be

A comfort of glory

For some to live and others to see

A mountain of clearness with the wind at hand

An abundance of nourishment for those not of land

A glittering blanket as the sun rises and sets

An aqua framed of beauty when frozen until it melts

A never-ending world of comfort and sound

A wonder for all to share

No hurt to be found

Deep inside it has its own mountains to climb

Deep inside you’ll find mouths to feed

Deep inside you’ll feel life with meaning

Deep inside you’ll explore a different adventure

Deep inside you’ll seek that gift God has given us

A joy of wonder

A feel of success

A freedom to be found

A life to be met

A shower to embrace

A love to gain

A feeling of hunger

A sea to remain.

December 2006

Having to go through 2005 and all of its disappointments, struggles, pains, misunderstandings, manipulations, challenges, and exceptions, I wasn’t sure what to do. Now using 2006 to start fixing every inch of my life, which has been completely destroyed during 2005, or maybe it started in 2004, just maybe it started many years before. I have lost track.

Let’s start with family. I have learned a lot about family, my family. We all want to have togetherness and lots of communication, but someone always fails to keep their end of making that effort. It’s always up to someone else to make something happen. Everyone in my family expects to be accepted as they are, but the other person needs to make changes. Everyone expects to be forgiven for whatever, but they don’t always want to forgive others.

We always think we will have time to see one another, talk to one another, or visit one another. Time always gets away from us. In each family you have the planners, the caretakers, the users, the needy, and the selfish. One thing that we all usually fail to realize is that family is about love and all that comes with it.

Love means forgiveness, sharing, caring, appreciation, compromising, teamwork, cooperation, endurance, and sacrifice. If we can’t include these things in our relationships with our family members, how can we include these things in our relationship with others? What makes us give up on loving someone? How can we stop giving love and sharing love with all those who we love? When do we forgive enough to re-love or love again? How do we let ourselves get so insecure that we don’t trust enough to love?

When it comes to love, how can we let the best thing in our life leave because we become too afraid to accept their love? How can we meet that special one if we become too afraid to take a chance? Does becoming friends make the way for a lasting romantic relationship? Can you truly remain good friends if the romantic relationship does not work? Should you go backward when it comes to love? Do you allow those who forfeit their opportunity in a relationship to get a second or third chance or more? Do you move on and not look back? Are you truly learning to love? Are you truly ready to love someone new? Can you truly give yourself and your love to someone else? When do you give up and just settle for—you should never just settle for anything in life. If God gives us the opportunity to choose, no man or woman can take that choice away from you.

Happiness, what does it mean to us? What choices do we make in order to find happiness for ourselves? Should we eliminate happiness and settle for a weird sense of contentment?

Like My Father

Like my father he was and in my heart he stays

He looked out for my interest and taught me life’s ways

He gave me some time and some words of wisdom

He laughed with me, played with me, and gave me parts of him

He took time to say hello, good-bye, and to smile

He got at me when I was wrong and disciplined me for I was his child

He always had time to say a kind word

Like my father he was in this cold, cold world

Like my father he was and I believe in my heart

He cared enough to show it even when his world was falling apart

He shared with me his dreams, his adventures, and his joys

He asked for nothing more than to return the love

which he himself showed

He blessed me with laughter and many treasures to keep

He blessed me with love even while I was asleep

He held my hand and he wiped my tears

He carried me through some really rough years

He was always there when I needed him close

Like my father he was, and he was the most

A Part of Me (part 1)

It started out from laughter

Smiles and hugs

It grew into caressing

Kissing and kissing some more

It moved to undressing

Touching and loving the touch

It advanced to insertion

Of that warm and cuddling hallway of desire

Here streams of comfort burn like fire

In the mist of ecstasy

In the stream of desire

Flows the spear of life

Moving toward its target

At last they meet and bond forever

Now he grows inside

On a monthly wage

On a time-triggered sentence

For each passing day

It becomes time to break free

From his inner bondage

Now I can gaze into his eyes

His face so small

Little bitty feet

Little hands and all

Little bitty hairs

Upon his head

Little treasure of love

Is mine to share

Now my greatest joy has let me

But in my arms he lay

What shall I name him?

Where will he go?

What will he say?

Who do I call?

What will he be?

All I know

He is my son, a part of me.

A Part of Me (part 2)

Four weeks of flutters

Movements and stirs

Four weeks of guessing

Growing and worrying woes

Four weeks of binging

Craving and purging more

Four weeks of growing

Moving and eating some more

Now I hear her heart beat

A soft joyous sound

Now I feel her body

As she moves around

Now I see her whole

From head to toe

Now she is ready to depart

Her warm watery bed

At last my baby is born

And I know who she is

A treasure sent from heaven

A gift that gives

She is my daughter, a part of me she is.

Marriage

You are about to enter into a life which should be filled with treasures

And love is the most valuable of them all

From this day forward you should look for your blessings

Because they will come big and small

Your grass should always be the greenest of them all

No one’s fence is taller and no one’s house is bigger

Because no one’s treasure is worth more than yours

Enjoy what you have and take it all to heart

The two of you will live together forever in love

And never fall apart

Remember, dreams really do come true and nothing is completely impossible if you just believe!

Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interest, and does not become provoked. It does not rejoice