Sometimes I ask myself, “Where have I been?” –
What is it that I have been searching for, so high and low?
Why have I searched for the pot of gold –
and not just settled for the rainbow?

There are treasures that I have sought –
somewhere in a distant land,
treasures that were always here –
waiting to unfold in the palm of my hand.

When I was lonely and life seemed to steal from me –
all the dreams that lingered deep inside,
because I looked in unknown places –
instead of looking where they did reside.

There were treasures I did not find –
and all the searching was in vain,
treasures of joy, self-esteem, and love –
and many treasures that had no name.

One day it finally dawned on me –
to stop looking behind closed doors,
to stop searching in unsought seas –
and far away, as so often, I did before.

For there are treasures so very close –
that are so much a part of who I am,
the darkness and the light exist together –
that’s what I needed to understand.

That the purpose for which I was meant to serve –
though exposed naked for all the world to see,
that my sinfulness and weaknesses became –
the treasure of my strength,
for that is what they turned out to be.

Humbly I take in stride –
my goals, my purpose, and my dreams,
never to look no more beyond myself –
for treasures where they do not seem.

If I am to find the treasures I so desire –
peace, hope, friendship, and love just to start,
then with the helping hand of God, and you –

I will find all those treasures, waiting still,
right here within my heart!
♥
© Deacon Steve A. Politte
Dec. 28, 2005