QUOTE(Roger Bissell @ Dec 23 2005, 12:23 AM)

My Spirit's Home
by Roger E. Bissell
1989
Like a beacon in the night,
The sparks from your soul send out their light
And help me not to lose the sight
Of my spirit's home.
Brighter than a sunlit day,
The sparks from your soul wipe out the gray
And help me not to lose the way
Back to my spirit's home.
I fear that I may be crossing some line of literary etiquette in doing so, but I have a suggestion: Re-write lines 2 and 5 to say, "The sparks of you..." It gives a more regular rhythm, and I think it says about the same thing. Good-feeling poem. Its sincerety comes through, though that's a virtue of your poetry in general.
--Mindy