Mary Anne Abdo

Planting Light Against Darkness

God is planting the seeds of sorrow within my heart.

Hoping that I may write an eternal Psalm of praise.

Of his wondrous glory.

He is teaching me that love is a pure illumination.

He is teaching me that fear is a like diagraming sentences.

Shooting out in wild directions.

Like the nouns of discourse and division.

To the verbs of anger and hate.

Fear is like crying children looking love.

And always seeking.

But not knowing where to find the truest form.

For love is pure illumination.

Fear is a dangerously painful threat.

For love is pure illumination.

Fear is yet an illusion of not realizing we are all welcomed

Into the arms God’s sanctifying love.

For real holy love will shatter any fear.

© Mary Anne Abdo

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Mary Anne Abdo is an author, poet and photographer. She graduated magna cum laude from Luzerne County Community College with a degree in Human Services. With a background in freelance journalism; she uses her poetry as a source of creative expression, which reflects on many facets of what it means to be a human being living in these modern times. Her self-published poetry book, "Fractured Lollipop Poems of Brokenness Healing and Hope is now on Amazon Mary Anne has a passion for art, culture and literature. Her work has been featured in The Edge of Humanity Magazine,Mind and Matters Magazine, Moonstone Press,Grit and Grace Magazine, Orenaug Mountain Publishing,Pennsylvania Bards,Local Gems Press,The Avocet, Calla Press,Scranton Poets Live, and Studio B's annual poetry anthology. Mary Anne placed second for her photography and short story submission in the Museum of Family Prayer's 2022 Mary Garden contest. She has also collaborated on several children's book, Creative Gems Volumes 2&3, and has been featured internationally in Bindweed Magazine's seasonal anthology.Her work has been archived through the National Library of Ireland courtesy of Bindweed Magazine. She has appeared on the local talk show PA Live, The B Inspired podcast Eat the Storms Podcast and several stage appearances. Her first children's book, Pumpkin The Cat Who Plays With Words is now on Amazon. You may check out her work on: Facebook: Mary Anne Abdo/Poet/Author WordPress: https://bluestainedglass.wordpress.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryanne.abdo/ YouTube: @maryanneabdobluestainedglasspoetry64 TikTok: @mary.anne197 Linkedin: Maryanne Abdo On these sites you will find her current projects in photography, video and various forms of canvas art. Mary Anne resides in Scranton Pennsylvania..

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  2. This is lovely, Mary Anne.
    I’m sorry you had difficulty in linking to the challenge.
    This might sound a silly question… are you sure you copied the link correctly and didn’t miss out a part of the address?
    This has happened before and it turned out that a tiny section of the address hadn’t been copied.

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