RED STAINS
Poetry by Tammy C. Smith
A Spiritual And Inspirational Poem from All-Creatures.org

In the garden of my heart grows a very special place which I’ve sown with hopes and prayers and now it blooms of love and faith

Such a lovely garden where you can always feel His peace and somehow I feel closest when I am down upon my knees

A garden so well tended not an evil act will grow and only seeds of kindness and compassion shall I sow

A garden tilled with only deep belief in Him and then underneath my nails I find His forgiveness for my sins

As I tend my garden heart on my knees I whisper prayers finding earth upon my jeans in red stains I see Him there

In the garden of my heart it is my own self that I find and all my deepest wishes of those once upon a times

In my garden are those seeds that I planted long ago even as a little girl it was Him I wished to know

And in my garden heart He’s there! His voice became my sunshine rays and His presence is my earth His love is deep like rich red clay

His words fall down like raindrops my faith in Him more deeply grows with every whispered prayer I tend my calling from Him: rhymes to sow

In my garden I feel His peace and those red stains I love to find because I know upon my knees I will find Him every time!