A Smiling God
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I often think that God laughs
as he builds me
I’m not trying to be cynical
I’m not trying to be hypocritical
but I’m intrinsically focused
on being a better me
and as God builds me
I know he must enjoy comedy
Like these “thick of it” situations
my constant innovations
and big time preparations
and then the plan changes
I know he smiles
as I think I know it all
and that I can’t fall
but God knows
I need to stumble
because I need to be humble
so he smiles at me
tripping, failing and trailing
because I’m being developed
it used to frustrate me
but I learned that
you can’t learn if you don’t do
and I’ve done
been undone
and been the unlucky one
I now see life
as a growth opportunity
because I understand that
God must build me
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- Sunshine – Poetry
- Elegy for a Tree That Forgot My Name – Poetry
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Linette Rabsatt
Linette Rabsatt is a Virgin Islands poet with roots in the BVI and USVI who began writing in 1996. You can find her work in her 2023 Kindle book, "Be Inspired: Poems by Linette Rabsatt," on her blog, "Words of Ribbon," in "Virgin Islands Callaloo: Poems from the Caribbean," and on the Visual Verse website. She performs at local events, and online poetry readings and was recently nominated for a National Spoken Words Award for Best International Artist.
Find more from Linette on her blog.
