Broken Spirit

It happens unsuspectingly 

in ways you’d never guess.

It drops right in to challenge you 

and put your spirit to the test.

It comes packaged up in your friends

and in your family too.

No matter how you arm yourself

it’s there to threaten you.

When it strikes you will know it

but you still may be surprised

that the blow to break your spirit

was right there before your eyes.

You can stop and let it wound you

or ask others what to do

but if you fail to learn its lesson

it will return to tutor you.

               - Gail Lindsay

Who Can You Be ...

To some you’ll be hope

to others strength.

A voice in the silence

a light in the dark.

A hand to hold

someone to comfort.

Just who can you be? 

With some you’ll share  joy

with others grief.

An encouraging word

a listening ear.

A sad goodbye

a newborn’s cry.

My, who can you be?

Some days you’ll feel glad

and others drained.

A smile for the healed

a shoulder for tears.

A halo shines

an angel disguised.

You’re a nurse you see.

                      - Gail Lindsay

An Angel in Disguise

She doesn’t have a halo

or wings so she can fly

but she’s more than a mother

she’s an angel in disguise.

She has no special powers

or magic up her sleeve

but if you need miracles

in her you can believe.

Just like a professional

she guides with skillful care.

The many lives she touches

 are thankful she is there.

See she’s very special and 

her gift you’re sure to know.

She’s a mom and an angel

sent to earth to help you grow.

-       Gail Lindsay

Good Things To Come

Its easy to get discouraged 

when things don’t go your way,

and all that you’ve been working for 

is lost in just a day.

When you want something so much 

you would do anything to get it,

but no matter what you try to do 

you’re told to just forget it.

Sometimes you are not able 

to see the long-term view,

so you think things aren’t going 

the way that they ought to.

It’s then that you must be strong 

and not give up your dream,

that wish that you’ve been wishing for 

is closer than it seems.

So don’t give up and don’t feel down

but remember that you should,

believe the best is yet to come

and all things work together for good.

                                                

-       Gail Lindsay

Let Me Out of This Place

There are times when I just want to leave

to drop out of the race,

hide in the country or the beach

or any other place.

There are days when I wish that everyone 

would just leave me alone.

I’d much rather be somewhere without

chaos, stress or phones.

There are moments when I’d like to run

to somewhere safe and sound,

where no one really knows my name

and I never could be found.

Somewhere with beauty and blue skies,

with sunshine and clear streams,

where I could spend some time alone

with just my thoughts and dreams.

But then I realize that this place   

has many good things too,

and if I left I’d miss them

but mostly I’d miss you.

-       Gail Lindsay