This gathering of writings, poems and parables leads us to try to discover the truth, to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside each one of us. The child we once were will forever be there, our child of light, for nothing stays hidden from Him. The secret of success in any venture lies in holding on and in persevering, even when others just let go. We crave instant gratification and, if we cannot achieve it, we leave our jobs, our churches, and even in extreme circumstances, our families.
There is a process everyone has to go through to become effective, regardless of one’s level of faith. There can be no shortcuts – one has to pay the full price and there are no special deals or discounts. We need to learn to look at and study our lives with the innocence and enthusiasm of childhood, to be cherished, held in compassion, and to be surrounded by our Lord’s never-ending love, that will bring healing to our own ‘child unheard’. I offer you the opportunity to listen to the child who dwells within each person’s soul.
The book A Child Unheard consists of a collection of highly-charged and emotional poems that have been divided into six sections.
1. Solitude or ‘alone-ness’
2. Freedom
3. Time
4. Pain and Healing
5. Self-discovery
6. Relationships
The sections of the book A Child Unheard have been compiled in such a way to take the reader on a journey through the many emotions and feelings that one may encounter during their lifetime and to provide a closer understanding of these feelings and emotions.
Others may argue that, having read the poems, the choice of such key words as used here, is insufficiently descriptive or indicative of the feelings of the author. No matter, as one person’s choice will be at odds with the next. And the sequence from solitude, with all the pain experienced over time through self discovery and on to relationships does at least have a self evident merit. No one will seriously question the correctness of one poem’s inclusion in any one particular section as they are quite capable of speaking for themselves. Indeed, many of them could sit quite happily in one or more sections as they express sentiments covered by more than one heading.
Don’t look for something in the poems that is not there, for this is one man’s life laid out bluntly before you, his words coming straight from his heart and mind. Read them, and the adjacent prose, and see if there is anything there that you are familiar with and, if so, take on board and apply some of the words of wisdom found within.
Simple but meaningful words – hope, love and self-fulfilment – may be the vital words that link it all together. If these poems make you think about you and your life, and where it is going, you may be able to forge a new beginning before it is too late.
