"A Poem for Antonia"

I wrote this poem several years ago for a special lady that I married. Antonia is her name and I'm glad I get to spend everyday with her.




POEM aka "A Poem for Antonia"

This day and Time
Tippy toeing down the stairs
SHE began to realize
The world was a bigger place
It wasn't small as a bread box nor big as the universe
But big all the same
SHE stared in the mirror
And peered into HER own eyes
Pupils widening with transfixed glare
Listening to a kettle boiling over

SHE turns HER attention to the willows outside of HER window
Contemplating opening the glass SHE is looking thru
Hooked in place SHE is
Like a 160 pound marlin off the coast of New Guinea
The rhythm of the weeds is reeling HER in
The thicket waves to HER
Mocking HER
The sound of waves crashing invites HER in
Mesmerizing HER and hypnotically putting HER in a trance
SHE finally wakes up
Standing on the edge of reality and allusion
One foot here and one foot there
SHE steps forward into the light

SHE blinks and blinks
Blinks, blinks, blinks, blinks...
And then carefully widens here glance to see the beach
Waters sparkling and salty smells of brine and fresh air swirling all around
Delighting HER nose
Sunshine beaming down on HER
At that very moment SHE realizes that the WORLD was a bigger place than she once believed
It is bigger than a bread box and smaller than the universe
SHE is okay with that


This is a original poem. I hoped you liked it. Peace and God Bless! 
Sincerely, 


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Jarritt A. Sheel 

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Dear Life, 

I welcome you back Life... how I have missed you. As my wife and I start to claim you back more and more each day... I think just a couple of more weeks til Thanksgiving or Christmas break. Life... or rather sleep ... we welcome you into our home once again. Thank you God... for blessing us with work and opportunity. We ask that you continue to strengthen our bodies, mind and soul for the tough, easy and prosperous times ahead. In Jesus' name, AMEN!

Seriously,...

That is how we roll in the Sheel household. We are so blessed and have to keep it real and positive everyday. God bless you all

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I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Psalm 139

King James Version (KJV)

Psalm 139

 ¹O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
 ²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
 ³Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
 ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
 ⁵Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
 ⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
 ⁷Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
 ⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
 ⁹If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
 ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
 ¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
 ¹²Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
 ¹³For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
 ¹⁴I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
 ¹⁵My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
 ¹⁶Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
 ¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
 ¹⁸If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
 ¹⁹Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
 ²⁰For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
 ²¹Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
 ²²I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
 ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
 ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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I'm Thankful...

I am reminded almost daily, and a matter of factly (no such word, but I like it) several times a day that I live and have led a very interesting and blessed life. I look at my photos and scrap books and think to myself thank you God for giving me such a wealth of experiences to look back on. You never ever left me nor forsake me. I look forward to each and everyday to see what wonders and miracles you will reveal to me. SO, now the question is.."how do you awake everyday? Regardless of my pain or troubles, I have to say thank you for another day and lift my voice up in praise. There are thousands of people each day that can't do that. 


I'm glad to have a wonderful loving family that I want to provide for each day, a passion called art (music, photography) that helps even me out, a gorgeous wife that I'm more and more attracted to each day, and friends-family-students that keep me humble. That is why I have no fear... if you know me well you will continuously  be reminded that I pretty much have no fear of the unknown... I'm actually excited by it most times. That's what keeps me young and adds excitement and vigor into my life. So I say...


I'm a dreamer, an advocate for change, a supporter of the arts, & a leader of a creative revolution. I'm the place where jazz meets hip-hop. -Jarritt Sheel '09