Finding Hope and Healing Through 'Our Hearts will Heal' - Exploring the Power of Poetry
- Julie Jewels Smoot
- Feb 22
- 2 min read

Our Hearts will Heal
In the quiet hum of the morning,
as sun spills gold across sleeping fields,
we gather the pieces of yesterday,
each shard a memory, a whisper,
fragments of laughter and tears,
the echo of dreams softly drifting.
Our hearts are tender,
like fresh blooms reaching for daylight,
braving the frost of lost moments,
finding strength in the warmth of promise,
in the stretching of hands toward tomorrow,
where hope dances lightly on the horizon.
We tread softly on this path of healing,
the soil rich with understanding,
each step a silent vow,
to nurture the wounds and let them breathe,
to listen to the stories buried deep,
and allow the sighs of sorrow to rise.
In the stillness between breaths,
we weave our love into the fabric of time,
stitching together the frayed edges of our spirits,
with threads of compassion and kindness,
painting the world with the colors of resilience,
a tapestry vibrant with the hues of life.
Together, we will fold the shadows,
like origami cranes, precise and gentle,
each crease a lesson, each turn an act of grace,
guiding our hearts back to the light,
reminding us that healing is not linear,
but a spiral path that winds and curves.
The seasons will turn,
the leaves will dance in their brilliant decay,
and we will witness the beauty in change,
as we shed the burdens we carried,
understanding that every ending
is merely a prelude to something new.
In the embrace of the dusk,
let us gather by the firelight,
our voices rising like smoke to the stars,
kindling warmth with shared stories,
transforming wounds into wisdom,
our laughter laced with knowing—
that our hearts will heal,
like rivers flowing unobstructed,
carving valleys and shaping hills,
becoming clearer with every tributary,
finding the strength to overcome,
and the grace to mend what’s broken.
So let us walk this journey side by side,
hand in hand through the tempest and calm,
each heartbeat a promise,
that in the depths of despair,
we chose to rise, to rise, to rise,
our hearts intertwining,
a chorus of strength echoing into the night.
In the tender moments of stillness,
as shadows merge into the dawn,
we will find each other,
in the gleam of a smile,
in the clasp of a hand,
in the quiet understanding that, indeed,
together, our hearts will heal.
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