by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I love when I wake up writing poetry
It warms my soul
The coolness of the fall morning
Fingers tingly with inspiration
Mind racing to wonderful places
Allowing thoughts to flow
While rushing to write it down
or transcribe on media
Letting Spirit take the lead
Thoughts spiraling into my head
Whirling as words form
It awakens me into the morning
And into the day
Inch by inch, step by step
Being conscience of the gift of life
Not just me but of the living world
As the birds chirp in the branches
Bees buzz outside on the tansy bush
Wild grown, wild animals, wild world
Come let me see
Let me enjoy your splendor
I am transformed by its presence
Stepping outside into myself
Everything is alive and free
Like we ought to be
One world, one thought, one concept
Take me there and let me enjoy
Nature's peace and tranquility.

#nature #naturelover #bee #getoutside #novascotialife #lovewherewelive 

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I have been called many things in this life
But none of them define me
I am the definer of my life
The Lord gave me refuge
He gave me His life
I love Thee Lord
With all of my life
Take me on a path
That leads to Your will
I am here with You beside me
But a follower to You
I will abide by Your will
For Your wish is mine
Passions You give me
I know the way
Lead to Your forest and I'll find my way
Your oceans are teaming up with life
The air is full of the flocks of Your creation
Let me free to save but a life before me
Sustain me with Your love
Let us revitalize Your blessings of life.

#sustainability #ecosystem #wildlife #trees #forest #motivation #Jesus #loveoneanother #speciesatrisk
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One of these things doesn't belong with anything:
Potato, Potatoe
Tomato, Tomatoe
Teamwork, Learning
​Help, Sabotage!

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Why is it fine for others to tell the truth
But when I do, I'm spinning a story for my own benefit?
I'm tired of being the bad guy
I'm not bad
I love too deeply
I feel too much
I'm sensitive to the things around me
I have to tell the truth
I don't have a choice in that
It's the way I am
Right down to my very core
No wonder I don't truth too easily
Why do people not realize when others spin a story?
Just being it easier does make it true
Just because you like the person talking doesn't mean they tell the truth
Wake up, wake up, wake up!
Wake up little Suzie, it's time to wake up
People who get upset about a lie are not lying
They are passionate about the truth
The truth means something to them
The truth will set you free
The truth is the way to the Light
It's a path to righteous
The right path to be on
One lie leads to another and another
It is a path of many turns, hills, detours, dead ends and tragedy
The Light shines from Heaven straight through to the earth
It freely flows to each of us
All we need to do is get outside and let the Light shine upon us
Let the rays beam down through the clouds on a gloomy day
On the days you are accused of spinning the wrong way
Turn yourself around and go the right way
Away from negativity and enjoy the Light.

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by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Oh, it would be so easy to fall for that
To spread the hate in the world
It grows so fast all on its own
It needs no incentive
It stands silently smirking
Making plans with itself as it stands solo
It's so jealous of the Light
Where people are genuinely loving
Their glow is evident for all to see
Some are blessed to be in the Light
Others fear it, for it lies not
It believes in truth, honor, justice and love
You need only give your problems to the Light
And let it be, go on your way, look back not
All will be taken care of
For the highest good of all involved
Divinity is above our understanding
The Light hurts no one
The Light is truth
The Light of honorable
The Light is just
You need only trust it
Fear not for it will revive you
Retaliation is for sinners, not saints
Love has no end in the Light
The Light keeps on shining
You need only see the sun and the moon to know that
And while some believe in the big bang
Maybe, just maybe
God used that to get our attention
It had to be louder than our sorrows
But louder than that still is the beauty before us
The awes of nature
The roaring of the water
Be still and you can hear the Light
As it passes through the leaves
Sending messages to all who stop by it
Humanity's road is no competition for the Light
Let your eyes feast upon the daylight
And know that when darkness falls
It is the Light that overcomes 
For no darkness can ever over shadow the beauty of the Light
Don't waste your time on retaliation
Spend your time instead, in the comfort of Divine Light.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Oh how its web spins the truth
Each section carefully thought out
As the prey enters innocently
The venom is dangerously close
Waiting, wanting......and then it strikes
Each blow delicately placed before the next
Carefully treading its way to the heart
Secretly telling the sweet nothings
And oh so charmingly does it talk
Life a goddess she walks
But underneath the stealth ways
Is a heart of hurt and disrepair
Instead of mending herself
She sets out to destroy the world around
How easily it is to work on oneself
A deep satisfaction of coming into your own
Instead of left hollow as victory has no win
Her emptiness only leads to more destruction
Eventually to herself and the world around
Concentrate instead on the Light within
Let it glow brighter and brighter still
Pay no heed to those who take offense
For those not of the Light will try their best
They will mock you, spread deceit about you
They will turn on you in your time of need
They will see the vulnerable state coming
It is then that they act
For no one but them should be in the spotlight
They are seekers and suckers out of life
For all situation that don't benefit them
They will gain your confidence and information
Only to use it for their own benefit
Seek not to enter the web
Instead run
Run as fast as you can
But at all times tell the truth
For the truth will set you free
The truth overcomes manipulation in the end
Those left in the dust will eventually find their way out of the shadow
Or get sucked into more of the same
The Light needs not to manipulate
It is loving, kind, compassionate toward all
It take no hostage, it mends the broken
It waits for you to accept it, it attacks not
It surrounds you with love, not hate
It teaches, not takes away
It shines so others will shine too
Brightly shining for the greater good for all
Not just one.














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by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Pat yourself on the back
Before others steal your thunder
Remember when it rains it pours
Truth doesn't operate like that
It has no need for deceit
And those that believe it 
Have no respect for themselves or others
The road of deceit of paved with more of the same
Life is much more satisfying with truth
It has no confusion or complication
It doesn't crumble and fall apart
It stands tall in the Light
Brightly shining despite the spite of others.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

​My Momma taught me to fly
Fly like an eagle
Fly high in the sky

Let your tips touch the clouds
As you pick up speed in the current
Take in the true blue of the sky

My Momma taught me to fly
Fly like an eagle
Fly high in the sky

​Let yourself soar in the winds of change
Come down and touch the earth
Balance yourself to have a good life

​My Momma taught me to fly
Fly like an eagle
Fly high in the sky
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by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Some say God He is a figment of your imagination
I say God He is a Saviour and leads my soul to Him
Some say God He allows our dying
I say God is the way to truth in this world
Some say God does not care for us
I say God he loves his children more each day
Some say God is cruel and mighty
I say God is weeping with sorrow for our sins
Some say God He is not real
I say God is everywhere open your eyes my child
Open your heart my child
Open your ears my child
As his winds flow endlessly
See the tree tops glisten while everyone listens
To the wind that blows through the branches 
and ice cracks and falls
Just as he lifts us from the wreckage right before our fall
Some say God keeps on giving
I say yes, yes to Him
The Lord is good, the Lord is great
The Lord is everything we are
Follow Him to truth and justice
Follow Him for love
Some say God is a figment of our imagination
I say God He is a Saviour that goes on still
Some say God they don't understand Him standing by as we weep
I say trust and He will be there
Have faith in His Love
I trust and have faith in His Love for our soul
I say trust and have love for one another 
As he has for us 
Have love for one another as He has for us
I say love it is in Him
Free to give to us 
I say love it is in the silence
Reach in and feel its power
Reach in and feel its power and love
I say His love it is a river that flows endlessly
I say God is my Saviour today and every day
I say God is my Saviour today and every day
I say God is my Savour and leads me home to him
I say God is my Savour and leads me home to him
He leads us home to Him
I say God is a Saviour and I follow him everyday.
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by Maria Lisa Polegatto

When love enters your home my Lord
I am home with you
I feel your love my Lord
Surrounding me still
I will always love you
Forever and ever
My heart is true to you my Lord
I love you, I love you, I love you true
Into my home my Lord
Come into my home 
Come stay with me
You are my refuge
My safety and protection
I am home my Lord
I am home with you Lord.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in you Lord
You are the ocean of forgiveness
The winds of many change

I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in you Lord
You fill me with gratitude
As Your love surrounds me

I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in you Lord
Your bountiful harvest in nature
Through you I find my way in your world.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Some people will try to make you feel you are not enough
When in reality you are more than enough
You are not better than anyone else
You are more than they treat you as
They want to hold you back
Hold you down for their own purpose
Instead of lifting you up more
They let their ego stand in the way
They can't admit to themselves or you
That you are doing well
You are right where you are meant to be
Be kind, be real, be you, keep going
Let them deal with themselves on their own
Just remember.....
You are better than they treat you
Head up, keep walking
Pay them no attention
One day they will realize
They should have treated you better
It's their karma, not yours.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

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As I swim through the ocean
Once tranquil and free
The world whizzes over the top of me
No thought, no care for my family
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More fish I help to produce
But they blame me for emptying the fish in the sea
Yes, I eat lots but nature needs and feeds me
Some of us actually eat plankton and microscopic crustaceans 
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Our huge hearts beat
We are made for the sea
That surrounds us in blue
Once tranquil and free
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We have seen to the very depths
Man might never ever see
Time is running out, not just for me
Climate is changing too fast, without more of me
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by Maria Lisa Polegatto

There once was a horse named Mabel
She came from an Island called Sable
She was wild and very able
Her Two Rivers barn had a gable
While she had French Acadian heritage, she wore no labels
She loved to eat from a bowl on the ground not a table
I never want her to become a fable
Oh how I miss sweet Mabel.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

For people who are trained to know better
Conflict is a positive thing
Airing out the changes needed to be made
But when lies overshadow
No truth can be seen
But it exists to those who tell it
Even to those who are oblivious 
To the lies fed to them
Building up daily 
Until the next attack strikes fast
A day's wage for a day's work
Apparently that's old news for old views
As today's world takes everything it can
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick......
Let the torture begin
If that doesn't work, let's try again
Something more devious
Let's lie and swear to it
That's the new game
Only the ill willed will fall to it's use
Stand tall and be you 
His truth comes forward
It rushes not for there is more to be told
The crumbs lead back to the liar
Eat not from the toxin
Prayer is what keeps you close to His truth
Pray for you and also for them
Absolve yourself from their sin
Restore yourself
Hold your shield high
His Truth surrounds you
Let God deal with this as only He can.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

While it was foggy along the shoreline
The loon call I did hear
I called out and it answered me

The seagulls gossipped as they heard
They knew it was me as they floated near
They knew not the loons and I are old friends

As the clouds turned dark and drew near
They humored me as I mimicked their voices
Delighted to be heard and understood 

​Not a rain goes by they don't come around
I standing on the shoreline wait for them
As their voices echo inside my memories

Seeing them dive deep and resurface 
As the paddle of my kayak dripped dry
Waiting for their next warning 

"Take cover, rain is coming!
Gather your young and drink"
For He has sent forth to feed His flock

A soft mist upon my face begins
I heed it not
Until I hear the last tremolo cry.