Inspirations of a Sensitive Heart

By Belenda Stephen Cypress

Growing up a quiet child, Belenda found her voice through her poetry. After a wonderful and fulfilling life of experience, and forty-five plus years of poetry piling up, she decided to take the journey of publishing her first book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Feb 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512729023

Belenda Stephen Cypress

Belenda S. Cypress grew up the youngest of three daughters. She moved with her family several times throughout Florida because her father was in the military. She eventually found herself settled in central Florida with her husband of forty-five years and made a second home for her three daughters, son-in-law, and six grandchildren. She truly knows God has had His hand in this journey, if nothing else but to see this dream come to fruition. For every person who picks up this book, I bid you continuous blessings and inspirations from a sensitive heart.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-2903-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-2904-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-2902-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016901619

WestBow Press rev. date: 2/19/2016

Contents

A Good Morning

One Year Anniversary

Another Chance

Apology

Appreciating You, Pastor

Assurance

Birthday Time

Caregivers' Poem

Casting My Care on You

Cherishing a Child

Choir

Christian Duty

Christmas and You

Church

Contented

Daddy's Big Baby

Dear Heart

Dear Mama

Dear Mom

Depressed

Do You Know Why It's So Hard?

Don't You Worry

Each and Every

Enjoy the Day

Family and Friends

Filling in Time

Finding Focus

Forgive Me ...

Forgiving

Frustration

God Bless America

God Is Love

Good Lord

Good Luck

Good Night

Good-bye

Gracious

Grow with Me

Had I Looked Ahead

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary, Pastor

Happy Birthday, Jerry

Happy Birthday with Love

Happy Mother's Day, Mom

Holy Father

Honey

Husband and Wife

I Am Convinced

I See You Understand

I Will Love You Always, My Husband

I'm Sorry ... I'm Sorry

It Takes Time

It's Not All Over

It's Not Me That You See

It's Not You

Jeanette

Jesus

Joy to the World

Just Staying Faithful

Keeping My Head

Lessons

Lingering Love

Living for Jesus

Long Ago

Loving Thoughts

Mama Says: Look Up, My Daughter

More Than Ever

Mother's Thank-You

My Borrowed Children

My Christmas of Love

My Dark Days

My Dear Kim

My Girls

My Heart Hurts

My Hope ...

My Life

My Petition ... My Plea

My Savior ... My Lord

Mystic

Needs

Our Precious Little Girl

Praise the Lord!

Proud Wife

Pursuing Your Righteousness

Rage

Reflections and Tribute from the Family

Remember Love

Salty Tears

Sammie

Seeking God's Face

Sister

So Alone

Speak, Lord

Starting Anew

Staying Humble

Survival

Thank You for Your Gift

Thank You for Your Kind Words

That Someone Is You

The Bathroom Mirror

The Lord's Hand

The Workplace

This Day

This Lasting Moment

This Race

To Jerry

To Love and Be Loved

To the Graduates

To Stephen

Togetherness

Trying Harder

Turning around Myself

Unwind

Up the Praise

Use Your Gift

Valued Friend

Wants

Weak

Wedding Poem

Welcome

(Well, I Won't)

What Do I Expect?

What a Friend You Are

What Would Jesus Do?

Where Do I Go from Here?

Who Loves You, Baby

Wonderful Position (to Youths)

Won't You Understand

Wrap My Wound

You

You Are

You Sure?

Your Life

A Good Morning

As a brand-new day began for me,

I wondered what choices to make,

For I felt a special calming

Once my mind lay there awake.

I have no questions anymore,

And it doesn't matter why.

I feel this peace has covered me.

I cannot help but cry

A happy sob when no one else

Could reward me with this thrill---

It's a gift of true compassion

From whatever my God has willed.

Even once I start to think of things

I pray will turn out right,

For now, at least, I'm pleased,

I was kept throughout last night.

September 23, 2015

One Year Anniversary

I'm trying to think what day it was.

How did I come to feel?

Jerry opened his gentle heart to me

With his expression of love so real.

I wonder---did I respond to him

With a proper, appropriate word,

At least to give him something back

With what he so deserved?

I was pleasantly kind of nervous.

I was young, and I was shy,

Usually felt light-headed

Just before I would start to cry.

What I see right now is clear

As I knew also back then.

How sweet to celebrate a together life

Rather than what day that may have been,

For the forty-four years I spent with him

Were filled with deep delight.

This quality man was special---

He made my life just right.

I realize I've been so, so blessed

Now I've missed him for one year.

I'm ever so grateful for becoming one,

For I'll always feel him near.

June 10, 2015

Another Chance

May God create a mind-set

In which I see him more,

Awaken my sense of awesomeness

That I never quite knew before,

For I'm poised to venture onward

On paths I have not known.

I'm sure of it, bless God above,

'Cause He's watched me as I've grown.

I don't have it down just right,

And with every deed I chose,

Even with a magic ball,

It's impossible to get real close.

Reverencing him precisely,

Thinking, What things I've missed,

What joy in spirit I could have had

Just remembering he still exists.

If I could have a do-over

So my life would be less worn,

If I could dictate what and when

From the moment I was born,

I'd more than likely do much worse

And forget to laugh and dance.

Please, God, don't let me falter long.

Do give me one more chance.

July 8, 2015

Apology

How can you show me love so much

And refuse to turn away,

Especially when I'm lashing out

And not careful what I say?

How is it that I fail to see

How serious you are and bold,

You're not begrudging anything

But I'm different ... I feel cold.

The more-than-frequent days and months

When it's hard for me to cope,

I feel like I can scream inside

And I'm ready to give up hope.

It must be me and what I am

Does logic have to cease?

If I don't start to change myself

How can I talk of peace?

Do I warrant a little empathy

For what I thought I said?

Didn't mean for things to unravel

Before I go to bed?

I want to be convinced again

That it's just a matter of time

A calmness that I see in you

Can possibly too be mine.

I don't want to feel today,

That all I