{"id":8823,"date":"2021-04-25T05:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T09:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=8823"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:42:39","slug":"poem-sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem-sometimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry &#8211; Sometimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Walking by Inner Vision Blog<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Presents<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8220;Sometimes&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">From <em>Songs for the Pilgrimage<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Listen and be strengthened by beauty &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a_YbfMedw6Y\">Listen now.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><em>Sometimes<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Journal entry, (Salzburg, Austria, Friday, July 8, 2005)<\/p>\n<p>by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I am tense<\/p>\n<p>I walk without looking<\/p>\n<p>My eyes focus on stone<\/p>\n<p>My mind a rage of fears.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when I pass beyond<\/p>\n<p>The bridge over the raging river<\/p>\n<p>I bend forward<\/p>\n<p>And I forget to see the sky.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes my hands push<\/p>\n<p>Hard into my jacket pockets<\/p>\n<p>I pull my shoulders<\/p>\n<p>Up and thrust down my heels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s lonely here<\/p>\n<p>Everything begins to look<\/p>\n<p>Like something beyond my reach<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, I ache with an unknown pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem-sometimes\/pexels-photo-3136711\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-3136711\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8828\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-photo-3136711.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo by:<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: none; line-height: 48px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'segoe ui', roboto, oxygen, cantarell, 'helvetica neue', ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1.15rem; margin-bottom: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Haydan As-soendawy<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>This poem is courtesy of Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>My Mission Statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/signature-mmision-statement\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Books <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Walking by Inner Vision Blog Presents &#8220;Sometimes&#8221; From Songs for the Pilgrimage &nbsp; Listen and be strengthened by beauty &#8211;\u00a0 Listen now. * Sometimes Journal entry, (Salzburg, Austria, Friday, July 8, 2005) by Lynda McKinney Lambert &nbsp; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/poem-sometimes\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Songs-E-Book-Cover.jpg?fit=1600%2C2400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-2ij","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18106,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings_7i41_private-and-personal\/","url_meta":{"origin":8823,"position":0},"title":"Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings &#8211; # 741   &#8211;  Reading","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"December 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I declare that... 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