"V" is for Victory - #A to Z Blogging Challenge 2017

"V" is for Victory in the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2017. When do we face victory? Is it only in times of war? I think not. Accomplishments we make each day are victories in themselves. We are fortunate in each victory we have. What about the compliment you gave your friend that resulted in her smile? That was a victory. Today's image is a small, 6" x 4" painting from "Spirit Visons".

"Victory, Spirit Visions" ©Mary Montague Sikes

Victory

Victory speaks in a quiet voice

That sometimes we do not hear.

It sighs on the battlefront

And turns hope into bravery. 

Leather stockings and silken feet

Make light the fields of anger

And the bolt of lightning strikes

That calm the judgment of the aware.

I do not know the scope of love

That reaches into the farthest river. 

But I feel the chill of the water

And know the silence of its touch.

Reach high to the sound of fireworks

That swiftly form bright flags of hope.

Lifting up the tranquil voices

To turn stardust into Victory.

Mary Montague Sikes