The Place of No More Tears

A friend of mine wrote this. Although she wishes to remain anonymous, her poem and experience is something that should be shared, for we've all cried crystal tears...

My heart ached to know the love of someone I held dear

My body wished to feel his touch and have this one so near

My soul willed that my heart’s dreams could dare to be realized

My spirit pled with One on high that He would hear my cries

Then the One who my soul, my spirit and life created

Whispered to my heart about my longing unabated

He spoke with words so tender, so loving and much more

“I take you to a place that you have never been before.”

He reached down and pulled my spirit up into a hallowed place

There for the first time I recall, I clearly saw His face

But not at first and actually, I better first begin

At the touch upon my heart, so deep, so deep within

“Your love’s so great”, He said, “that it tears you apart

Your dreams unrealized that you hold within your heart

You feel consumed within a deep and boundless ocean

Of love and dreams and hopes and wishes and emotion

The tears you cried and cry right now do not go unheeded

I keep them for the time when they are sorely needed

Now come with Me, for I have yet a mystery to show

And you will come to understand the love that I bestow.”

He gently took my hand, tenderness in his eyes

Yet sadness too I saw within that He did not disguise

“My love”, He spoke, “I wish right now to take away your fears

Therefore I take you to this place, the place of no more tears”

I saw before me a globe of sorts that remained shapeless still

Or perhaps it was ever changing, forming at His will

It was a liquid, clear and pure, of what, I did not know

A mystery, a secret that I knew He wished to show

He gestured and I stepped inside this transparent orb

It was not cold, nor hot, was the first thought to absorb

But thick it was somehow, not like water’s feel

I could however move about within it still

I felt a hand upon me and turned around to see

The most loving gaze upon my soul, directed straight at me

His eyes so clear, his love so keen, his desire I could feel

I knew somehow His love, His passion was more real

Than anything I had known or had ever felt before

I knew I needed more of this, this love, so real, so pure

He gently pulled me toward the center of this place

I did not know exactly why, I only knew His face

And there, as we stood, gazing face to face

I saw something a million years never will erase

He asked me if I knew by what we were surrounded

“I do not know, though I could guess, my guess would be unfounded.”

He smiled as He warmly said, “You have nothing to fear.

This matter is made up of our collective tears

Each tear you cry alone and think no one can see

I ask your angel to bring each of those special tears to Me.

And here in this hallowed place, our tears mingle and dance

They form this sanctuary where you now stand, entranced.”

His gaze of love and knowing that each tear I ever cried

Was lovingly gathered by the One Who for me had died

Filled my heart with feelings so mixed and deep and real

That from my eye a tear, it formed, and began to steal

Down my cheek, when He reached out and wiped my tear away

How I do not know, but in His palm my tear did stay

Somehow it did not mix with the other tears around

It stayed within his hand, purposed, safe, and sound

I looked at Him, amazed at the sight that I did see

But it was the beginning of what awaited me

As I watched a tear formed in Jesus’ loving eye

I knew that I could never bear to see my Lover cry

I reached out and touched His face and wiped the tear away

And strange, yet still, upon my hand, His tear, it also stayed

“Now, My love, the mystery, experience right here

What I can do with what you think is just a simple tear

You feel sadness and you cry, you wonder if I know

If these tears and for your broken heart I care, now I will show

The meaning and the purpose and what your heart can see

How something cheerless as a tear can set your spirit free.”

He reached out and took my hand and touched it with His own

The two tears trickled towards each other, and met, and then they shone

The brilliance I could not describe, like rays of crystal light

In rainbow colors, flowed through the orb, an entrancing sight

Each ray that seared around the globe set other teardrops free

Until these crystal tears throughout the globe were filtered down on me

I knew somehow these were the tears I thought I cried alone

Mixed with the tears my Lover cried for me, upon His throne

These crystals directed at my heart and filled it with a fire

A love, a passion, an understanding, a deep, searching desire

And then I knew, I understood, I grasped a Heavenly treasure

The mystery unfolded then, that with my mind I could not measure

The tears I cry, the aches I felt that tore my gentle heart

The feelings that I knew somehow would rip my soul apart

Were not seen as such by Him, Who knows, and loves, and cares

In His awesome love and mercy, with me He chose to share

The secret of His love so true, that He had never let go

Of any experience I ever had, and He chose to show

This love through bringing me right here, to this hallowed place

To take away my pain and fear, my heartache to erase

And instead to fill my heart with a wonder and a love

That could only come from one place, not my heart, but Above

And though I know that I may cry many more tears

And though I know that I will have to face yet greater fears

Still this peace I feel inside, because beyond emotion

I know there is a place in Heaven that is chosen

For times that we are most in need of Heaven’s deepest treasure

There is a place that will last beyond time’s binding measure

There is a place that in my heart I will hold forever dear

There is a place that He has called “the place of no more tears”.

That Night I Learnt...

“Moon, O Moon hanging up in the sky

So gracious up there in your lofty post

The sky’s great vastness for your comfy bed

Your companions the endless starry hosts.

“Moon, O Moon shining so bright

So beautiful and perfect you seem

So bathed bright in glorious splendour

Living, it appears, the endless dream.

“Moon, O moon in your dazzling glory

So detached you seems from the problems of life

So distant from we earthly folk

Those who seem doomed to perish in strife.

“Moon, O Moon, thou detached one

Who so far removed from us appears

Can you dare to feel what the heart doth feel

When it is broken and shattered by tears?

“Moon, O Moon, look down upon us

Consider our mortal frames

Could you ever have experienced what we go through

Or do you know love only in name?

“Moon, O Moon, tell me if you can

Has your heart ever quickened at the sight

Of one that you loved so deeply

One that captured your heart with their might?

“Moon, O Moon, tell me if you can

If you have ever felt Cupid’s bow

If you ever felt within you so strong a passion

That it seemed your heart would overflow?

“Moon, O Moon, how could you understand

The depths of pain that I feel?

For the arrow that struck, now wrenched from my heart

The wound left, never to heal.

“Moon, O Moon, tell me if you know

The pain of leaving someone that you love

Do you understand the pain of forsaking

Or do you just carelessly float above.

“Tell me O Moon, for this I must know

Could you ever understand my heart?

And how it breaks at what I now face

How it is ripped and torn apart?

“Nay, O Moon, thou art but a lump of rock

Hanging in the sky so high

You have no thought to us mortals below

How silly to think you’d heed my cry.”

His head hung low as he fell to his knees.

Exhausted and spent in his plight

The loneliness that he felt within his soul

Augmented by the clear cold night.

Round about was peaceful and still

Silence broken only by the crickets’ cry

But his heart, so broken and wracked by pain

Couldn’t harmonise with the evening’s lullaby.

Tears rolled down his worn face

And watered the grass below

The pain and hurt of many days

From his weary eyes did flow.

Suddenly, his sobs were hushed

By a voice distant, yet somehow near

A voice that seemed to sooth his heart

He turned his head to discern where

This voice seemed to be coming from

So angelic was the sound

His eyes once more beheld the moon

As the melody of the voice echoed all around.

“My child,” it softly spoke

And he knew at once its source

His eyes riveted on the object

He had just abused with force.

“My child,” the moon whispered once more

“Attend and hear my word

For my heart within is deeply pained

From your speech that I have heard.

“Not that I blame you for what you’ve said

The pain in your heart bid you speak

But it was the words you spoke

That stirred a hurt down deep.

“You see, child, I know your pain

For I am more than mere rock

A soul within this rocky crust lies

Though it is unperceived by the mortal stock

“And now I share with you a secret

Kept hidden from the beginning of time

You see, I too have felt love’s touch

Deep within this heart of mine.

“I too have known a love

Deeper than all celestial depth

Higher than all the atmospheric heavens

Indeed, I find myself inadequate

“To express in mere common tongue

A love that is purer than gold

A treasure more precious than life itself

A passion that will never grow old.

“For it is living and breathing—this love

It is not dead, old and still

For the power of such a connection and bond

Cannot by anything be killed.

“His name is the Sun

And you know him well

For his face has shone upon the earth

Since the beginning of time immaculate

“So perfect and precise is he

In his bringing of light to the earth

There is not one place absent from his rays

 Nor a life—both death and birth

“Under his careful daily vigil

Life on this planet sustains and survives

So much so that people have often worshiped

His majesty that maketh life to thrive

“Of course, he is but nothing

In comparison to the One who gave him light

But he doeth his part in brightening the earth

As such he is valued in their sight.

“And yet there is a secret

That no one in creation knows

That his heart is indeed mine

That our love for each other strongly grows.

“From the time the Creator’s hand touched us

And spoke us into life and being

Our hearts were lost in each other’s love

And we hoped this was the glorious beginning

“Of a love that would survive the ages

And be enjoyed by us for many a year

To be together and to enjoy our lives

To love, to cherish, to hold dear.

“But the hand of the Master led differently

For in His infinite wisdom He knew the way

He set us apart, different tasks to fulfil—

I the night and him the day

“Oh how this broke our hearts

The bodies divided though the souls still pair

Separated by time, alienated by space

The distance difficult to bear.

“Although the ‘ideal’ was removed from our love

We still held on to the eternal hope

That the One who made us made love too

And He wouldn’t leave us in our darkness to grope

“But that He had a purpose in what He did

And it was to accomplish a greater good

To fulfil a purpose so eternal and valuable

Something that together we never could

“And so we both parted ways

But we both kept our love in our hearts

And in His service we did strive

Both doing our parts to shine in the dark.

“For He had made us his emissaries of light

To bring the world from darkness into day

To give a living vivid picture of His presence

Through the service that we gave day to day

“The sun to show His majesty

And power to all mankind

To give demonstration to His life giving ways

To a world that would otherwise in darkness be blind.

“And I to give forth hope

In the darkness of night

That there is still a promise of hope above

Giving the struggler comfort in their fight

“6,000 and more years have we served

Under our Maker’s loving hand

And we have come to trust His wisdom

For we have seen the fruits of His plan

“Although the trials of being apart are many

We would not ever trade

This position of eternal usefulness

To live our own dreams for a day

“For we know that He knows best

For He doeth all things in love

And one day everything that we have given up

Will be returned to us from His hand above

“One day, a thousand years from now

The heavens and the earth will pass away

And there will be no more need for us in the sky

For our Lord will be the light of their day

“In that time immortal

We will be joined together once again

Destined to share eternity forever

Free from any loneliness and pain.

“We shall love and hold for eternity

And enjoy the treasures our sacrifice has wrought

And we will know in truest colors

That is was in His will that these things were brought

“And so until that day

We encourage ourselves with that faith

And we give our lives gladly in service

While for that day we can hardly wait

“His will we fulfil now while here

For we know that on the other side

We’ll be together for eternity

In our rewards and love to forever abide

“And so, my child, take heart

I too know what you feel

But take stock of what I’ve said

And allow your heart to heal

“Hold on to the Master’s promise

And lose yourself in His mission for you

For the day will very soon come

When His promise will be fulfilled true.

“And when you find yourself in that day

You will know that your reward

Comes from the life that you have to Him

Riches that your scars have earned

“So take heart and run this race

Knowing that time shall soon be no more

And that you will be together again soon

To love and hold on eternities shore

“Hold on to the hand of the Master

His grace and power will see you through

For it is his bidding that has brought you thus far

He will complete what He began in you

“And when you feel all hope is gone

Look up and see that there are others who run this race

And let it spur you onwards and upwards

Until you see His heavenly face.

“Hang on to His promise, never doubt

His word is spoken and true

You will be reunited together forever

In that day beyond the blue!”

 ~Zephyr Angel Chanson

PS: This is but a short snippet of a longer work that is in the production stages. Stay tuned!

Find Your Dream!

Find Your Dream!

Sometimes dreams go “on ice” for a little while, but never forget them, because dreams are what life is made of. What’s more, dreams are what forever is made of. Not those ambitious dreams of “I want to make a million dollars so I can live in ease and comfort”. What is a dream that you hold deep in your heart that is almost too crazy to even express? What is something that you know not everyone would understand; that perhaps you would be laughed at or people would view you as a little bit different? More importantly, what is something that you have held on to for what seems like forever, and it has never gone away? It has remained through ups and downs, laughter and tears. Find that dream. Follow it to your destiny, for that is where it will lead. Why? How? There is One Who has planted those dreams deep inside, Whose own dream was outlandish and crazy. How does One even express that to his fellow man?—“I want to save the souls of everyone on Earth.” But He did! And you also can live your dream and through it, find your way through this lonely land and on to eternity.

What is my dream? I want each person to discover their true destiny, their deepest dream, that which will light an undying passion to carry someone over, under, around and through any obstacle and difficulty, and finally welcome them home, with open arms.

If you haven’t found that yet, it’s okay. If you couldn’t quite say, “I have a passion in this”, don’t lose any sleep over it. You will discover it when the time is right—not too soon and not too late.

Perhaps it will flutter into your thoughts and mind, like a gentle butterfly, and remain there, until the flower of your heart is open to its whisper. Perhaps it will rush in like a tidal wave, overwhelming every other thought and desire, and you will have no choice but to make that dream a reality. Perhaps you will read something that triggers it inside you; perhaps you will hear someone speak and a thought or concept will emerge and take hold of your focus and energies. I know not how it may occur in your own life; all I know is that it will, someday.

Keep your heart open, because you—just as every other person on this earth—has a calling and destiny. How do I know? Because it has been written—not among the trillions of reams of paper and the tetrabytes of knowledge being produced on an almost daily basis—but it has been written in your soul. There is a deep and abiding impression upon your heart that was there from before you were born. From the dawn of time and the creation of the world, from the times that the stars and planets were set in space and motion—you were chosen and ordained. Perhaps you have a hard time believing in that concept, but that is okay, because the One Who created it all believes in you, and that is what matters. In times when belief is hard to come by amidst the myriad manifestations of a faith famine, rest in the fact that Someone believes in you. Smile, and let it increase your own faith. I believe in you as well. You will fulfill your destiny.

I Give It All To You Again

The pain that's felt

By one who means

Much more to me than living

The strongest heart

That I have seen

Known by endless giving

The knowledge that

No less than I

The one who brought the pain

The forgiveness

Freely given

Though tears fall more than rain

The love that's pure

Only defined

By that which is unearthly

This life of mine

And all I am

Seems sullied and unworthy

And yet he loves

And yet he gives

His promise of true love

And humbled, I

Can only cry

At this sign from above

A vow I give

And I hold true

To the words I now write

With all of me

Mind, body, soul

My heart is yours tonight

And not tonight

As if upon

The dawn this love will sever

Tonight and yet

Tomorrow, beyond

And on into forever

Through times of pain

And times alone

This love will yet remain

Though hurt and fears

And scourge of time

Seek to cover and stain

I feel your love

I've seen the ways

You've shown it countless times

A heart complete

By what we share

And why my life now rhymes

I love the life

You've helped me live

Knowing a deeper reason

For all I see

And all I know

Of fleeting, earthly seasons

A priceless gift

A lasting love

Is more than I could ask

You freely give

Expecting naught

For just one thing you ask

Just for my heart

Just for my love

Always these things have been

Fully your own

Yet now I give

It all to you again