Serenity Is Not

 This is not written by Barbara B. Rollins with OAStepper since neither has internet at the moment

Instead, it is found in Serenity Prayers and Prose to

Sooth Your Soul byJean Cotner

SERENITY IS NOT 

Serenity is not 

A quiet mountain lake, 

Nor a nature preserve 

With only the birds for company, 

Nor release from responsibility: 

KFor the soul determined to fret and worry

 Is little swayed by circumstance. 

Serenity can be

Found in a blighted inner city 

Where every night is shattered by gunfire, 

Or in solitary confinement in a dirty cell, 

Or amid the onslaught of a dozen demands, 

For the soul that rests in God’s peace 

Is little swayed by circumstance. — katherine Swarts