Rose In The Sidewalk

A poem about beauty in the most unlikely of places.

It's funny how God shows up when you least expect him.

Those moments when your hope is gone and everything seems so dim.

He appears in the most unlikely of places.
He catches your eye like a beautiful smile in a sea of faces.
Or a beautiful rose coming up through a crack in a sidewalk that has been there for ages.

His fingerprints are everywhere.
We would see them if we would just take the time to slow down and stop and stare.
But anymore we simply just don't care.

We get caught up in this world and no matter what we have we always want more.
We hide ourselves behind our cellphones and our closed doors.

We foolishly think that beauty is our outer appearance.
We dress ourselves up and advertise our bodies as if them were on clearance.

When did people stop seeing that true beauty in on the inside?
When did we give up on morals and let them die?

Is beauty not seen in this world daily!?
Is it not heard in the first cries of a baby?
Or seen in something so small and common as a daisy?

We look for it all around us, but it is often found when it is most unexpected.
And when you see it for the first time your whole view of it will be corrected.

It is most abundant in the ugliest of places.
Like a rose in a sidewalk that has been there for ages.

Author's Note

So, I know this isn't one of my best works. I've spent over a month on it and rewrote it many times. Hope you guys like it!

Reviews

[wordman]

I enjoyed it very much and I wonder too I have noticed on this site alone there is a lot of un beleivers

[Erik Daniel]

Yeah I've noticed that too. Guess that means we have to shine our light even brighter.

[wordman]

well I am out in the desert wandering right now

[Erik Daniel]

I've had periods like that. I realized the other day that I have been putting God on the sidelines of my heart instead of on its throne. It's funny how when you shut out all the noise how clearly you can hear his voice. All you have to do is listen.

[wordman]

I hear this stuff all the time about his meek little voice be real quiet and listen brother he has spoken to me 3 times and I didn't have any trouble hearing that little meak voice is your concience

[Erik Daniel]

Man I wouldn't say that it's a meek voice. I mean sometimes it comes in whispers, but lately I've been getting more like slaps in the face! Lol.

[wordman]

not talking about you it`s all preachers that teach that.most preachers has never heard gods voice but I know what your talking about I have gotten closer I have been on the fence post as they say for years I go to church every time the door opens for a year or two and for no reason I guit I read daily and then I guit I talk to god every day I study on you tube and I know I am called for something just don`t know what yet had a vision last year peter I think put a vase or chalice in my hand and just floated back he was with a small crowd sitting in a semi circle looked like a picture of rome I have a red spot that appears in my forehead from time to time and my hands oil up god has spoken to me 3 times not about a gift or a job just every day stuff I have witnessed a couple of miracles my sister had gifts from the spirit I have seen a demon when I was a child my lucky number is 7 always has been sometimes I know what people is going to say before they say it almost word for word and when I write poetry he dictates it to me usually in 2 to 3 minutes
so what do you think right now I am chastised a test I don`t know

[Erik Daniel]

Well it sounds like God is preparing you for something. That is for sure. I just get little clicks in my head. Like when i truly seek him about something he answers me and then I could go on and on for hours in the Bible finding out stuff about my question. I've been focusing on God's love lately and discovering just how amazing it really is.

[wordman]

good for you

[SummerStar]

I really liked this a lot! As I was reading I kept thinking, "this sounds exactly how I view life!"

[Erik Daniel]

Glad to find another person that views life this way! Thanks for the review!

[Sami Khalil]

"a beautiful rose coming up through a crack in a sidewalk that has been there for ages."

[Sami Khalil]

"We foolishly think that beauty is our outer appearance.
We dress ourselves up and advertise our bodies as if them were on clearance."


"It is most abundant in the ugliest of places.
Like a rose in a sidewalk that has been there for ages."

Your words are abundantly wise and to the point. I really enjoyed the great message...:)...................

[Erik Daniel]

Thank you so much Sami!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome muchly...:)..................