Inner Peace

I walk the ocean shore

My eyes close and I listen

Waves pull gently at my feet

The sea breeze lifts me up

Carrying the pain of the past

Far away from me at last

Words echo in my mind

As I feel my heart forgive

Time and again I’ve searched

For something that was here

Here within me, all along

The power to say I matter

The truth about my fears

And the peace that fills me

As I accept who I am

And who I want to be.

By Jennifer DeNaughel

© January 2011