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Chapter 24: Unclaimed.

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About This Book

A compact collection of lyrical poems and short narratives that meditate on motherhood, faith, and the consolations found in nature. Many pieces recall childhood and domestic scenes, confront suffering and loss, and draw on Christian imagery to offer comfort and moral reflection. The verse moves between contemplative monologue, descriptive nature writing, and occasional narrative sketches, balancing personal feeling with devotional and ethical concerns. Throughout, simple pleasures—flowers, seasons, quiet homelife—are set against questions of destiny, grief, and spiritual hope.

Unclaimed.

Just beyond the reach of thought,

Just beyond the grasp of mind

Is a sense of Presence—fraught

With blessing—felt, yet undefined.

At times it seems a wondrous power—

A strength, awaiting Faith’s command—

For trusting soul, a proffered dower,

That’s held by Love’s omniscient hand.

Is it the gift, reserved of God

For those whom Faith brings nearest Him?—

The power that smote the rock?—the rod

That rives the fountain’s brim,

That all His thirsty souls may drink?

“O, ye of little faith,” He cries—

So many faithless Peters sink,

And the proffered power dies.