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Bio: Kristy Raines was born in Oakland, California, in The United States of America.
She was formally an employee at The Naval Reserve Readiness Command and also
for The Naval Legal Service Office, She later retired after 2O years from Adventist Health,
where she worked for numerous physician if different specialties from different countries,
and then worked another 3 years as a private caregiver. She now writes full time.
A poet, Writer an Advocate for Human Rights Internationally.
She has received many literary awards, and Humanitarian recognition certificates.
Kristy Raines is most known internationally, for her unique style of writing.
Kristy has just launched her first self published book titled, “The Passion Within Me.”
A beautiful collection of poems from a passionate Heart.
Kristy is getting ready to also launch her second self published book writing with respected Poet,
Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai of India, of Epistolary Poems, titled, “I Cross My Heart from East to West,
Volume One, and is working on her first children’s book, titled, “Princess and The Lion.”, with, “Rings, Things, and Butterfly Wings”, to follow. Kristy also has written short many stories for children.
A COLD WINTER’S NIGHT
A woman sits alone on a cold Winter’s night
with a tattered blanket wrapped around her so tight
In her frail hand she holds an old empty purse
in the other, a Bible, she reads quietly this verse
“I will be glad and rejoice in Your unfailing love,
for You have seen my troubles from Heaven above
Thank you Lord for keeping me one more day
Use me for your purpose is what I pray”
As she continues to read to herself in the cold
a complete stranger approaches the woman of old
Have you no family or home to keep you warm?
You’ll freeze to death in the coming Winter’s storm
She looked up at him with a very warm smile
and spoke with such kindness in a humbled style
“There was a time in my life when I had it all
that came with a price and in my faith did I fall
Since I came back to the one who created me
He fulfills His promise and takes care of my needs
I may not have riches or a home made of stone
But provisions are met by people’s kindness shown
A single tear rolled down the stranger’s cheek
as he knelt down next to the woman so meek
With arms around her, he helped her stand
He covered her with his coat and took her hand
“Tonight you have found a home with me
for there was a time that I had nothing, you see
But a very kind woman saved me from my plight
when she gave me a home on a cold Winter’s night”
©Kristy Raines
MY CHRISTMAS WISH
I look around the world and think
what my Christmas wish would be
I could not just think of one
So, I made a list of many
I wish I could see more of my family
because tomorrow will not come one day
I wish we all could love one another
and show kindness in some way
I wish people could look beyond status
and know that money can’t buy love
I wish people would realize that we are all human
and made from the same God above
I wish time could slow down just for a while
Life is passing so fast
There is so much I still want to do
that may help the future generations last
I wish I had more money
I now understand what it’s for
It’s to help others live a better life
And not to waste on buying me more
I wish I could stop persecution
because so many who are have become close friends
I wish hate could be wiped out of all of our lives
So all of their hearts could now mend
A thousand wishes would not be enough
to fix what is wrong today
‘Cuz wishes are not what make dreams come true
But through every prayer that we pray
©Kristy Raines
THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS
Christmas time is a miraculous time of Year
A time when Peace towards others rings clear
The smells of Cinnamon and clove in the air
While baking breads and cookies with friends to share
A time of reflection of life as it stands
To open our hearts to our fellow man
A time of giving of ones self to others
to friends, neighbors, sisters and brothers
To worship God and be thankful for life
Praying for peace on earth without hate and strife
A time for hope for the coming New Year
A new journey to walk where the path is clear
To help one another in every way we can
and hold each other’s hands across borders and other lands.
So during this season let’s all do our best
To bring perfect peace from the east to the west.
@Kristy Raines
ONE CHRISTMAS EVE
One Christmas Eve a young man shivered in the night
No extravagant meal, no presents or beautiful lights
No parents or friends to celebrate with on this special day
He felt like an orphan or a child that had been thrown away
As families gather with excitement and glee
He wonders every day what his future will be
Will someone with a heart save him from this lonely life?
Will one day he have any children or a wife?
He looks out his window at all the smiling faces
People singing joyfully of love and heavenly places
Except the young man who stands staring at this unthinkable scene
Who will be the one to save him from this horrible dream?
Just then there came a soft knock at his creaky old door
There stood an unknown woman he’d never seen before
But she was the one who wrote to him every day and night
And who used to tell him stories of never giving into this fight
She had promised him long ago that one way or another
She would do everything in her power to become his new mother
She didn’t have the money to pay to get him to the States
But told him in God’s time they would both have to wait
For she knew that only in His timing would this come to pass
And she prayed faithfully every night that this miracle would come fast
They had lost touch at some point; He stood alone once again
Never did he think he would ever hear from her and then…
When he opened the door from whom someone now knocks
It was the now older woman to whom he used to have long talks
With tears in their eyes and without speaking a word
They hugged each other tightly no sound being heard
Only the cries of emotion from years of waiting for this day
On one special Christmas Eve when God did make a way…
©Kristy Raine
SPELLING OUT CHRISTMAS
Christmas is a time for hate to cease
Hold out your hand to someone in peace
Replace every room in your heart with Love
Instill our children with God’s word from above
Start the coming year with a shout
Telling the world what this season is about
Make a vow to do daily one good deed
And if someone is struggling, help fill their need
Share with someone the meaning of Christmas
I have prayerfully spelled it out for you…
©~Kristy Raines
