Today’s writing spot is the vehicle testing station

My car’s safety will have a full evaluation 

You hope every time that all will be healthy

So you don’t have to fork out on more repair money

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

I’m sitting under a tree

Sun shining

Thinking

It’s wonderful to be in no rush 

It’s lovely to just

Soak in your Presence

Know the Father’s love

Be in the grass

Hear the cicadas call

Believing you’re in and through it all

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

Younger me,

I want to redeem what I held from you 

In trying to be ‘good’

In attempting to please 

I withheld many an opportunity 

You were happy and full of hope 

Yet you were plagued by so many don’ts

Restricted and relegated to your bubble 

Self-preservation learned from being sheltered

Be free, younger me 

Take risks and explore 

Dance without reason 

Give the wine bottle another pour 

I am sure the choices we made 

Were of good intention 

Yet I see that in part they were driven 

By fear of failure and disappointment

So get rid of the expectations 

Of being this perfectly put together girl 

And own the woman that you are 

Discover your place in this world

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

Patches of blue sky tease us 

The wind is so strong, clouds cover those cheeky blue spaces 

Almost immediately

We remember recent beach days 

The sun’s hot rays 

It seems far away 

From where we are now 

Surrounded by mud and debris 

The clean up won’t be easy 

The cyclone caused tragedy

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

I’m finding my flow

A cross over of gifts

Intersection of skills

I’m not just creating poems,

I’m creating environments 

And opportunities

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

To me, God is in everything

I will unashamedly speak of my Spirituality

Fully knowing

You may not agree and that’s okay

I don’t expect you to align with all that I say

But I won’t shy away 

From what is true to me

Jesus has been a real part of my story

At the age of six I chose Him

And 10 years later I made a public declaration

It’s been another 10 years since

And still I persist

In being a follower of Jesus

I’ve let go of some beliefs

Others have expanded and evolved

If you asked my opinion on certain hot topics 

I may say, ‘honestly, I don’t know’

I do know, however, 

That I am my Beloved’s and He is mine

The hope and peace I have acquired

Where else would I find?

I don’t need to keep searching

Looking for other methods or other ways

Jesus is enough so it’s through Him I pray

This isn’t to say your way is wrong

And my way is right

It’s just to affirm my journey into light 

My life is marked by increase,

Abundance, impossibilities 

And I credit that to Jesus advocating for me

The one true God is good

He’s kind and full of grace

It doesn’t matter what name you call Him

Or if we worship in the same place

Because what is greater,

Over and above, 

Is knowing and being known by the God of love

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

The people fill sandbags

Ready themselves for impact

The wind is rushing 

Rain flies sideways

The force of nature is incredible

Roads impassable where trees block the way

The gutters spill over 

Rivers form where roads once were

The houses are damaged 

Rooftops become an escape from rising waters

The hills crumble in slips and slides 

Regional warnings turn into a national emergency 

The cyclone 

Roars

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

I did something

I created a thing

I founded an event 

I brought an idea to life!

I dreamed and then did it

Imagination alone is powerful

But imagination paired with action is unstoppable

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

Your heart stopped

All seems lost

This could be the end

But it’s not

Life is preserved 

Saved

Brought back

So you may know that 

There is deeper meaning 

You come back passionate

About re-connecting

With yourself

The world

Your wife and baby girl

Relationship is made central 

It’s all about connection 

Let the beating begin again

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE

Am I living for comfort?

Making choices dependent 

On what feels best for me

Instead of being awake 

To a life of mystery?

Am I aware of the beauty

That can come from pain

Or do I just avoid it

Hoping to dodge and escape?

Is my resistance to conflict more damaging

Than having the hard conversation?

Is my desire for harmony

Actually causing friction and frustration?

Keeping quiet is not always the answer

Silence does not always acquire peace

Sometimes you must speak

Say what you mean

SONYA COSSEY CREATIVE