TUESDAY THOUGHTS: POETRY PROMPT---SOMETHING LOVELY AGAIN

With no warning, or care

Sorrow knocked at my door

I knew it was nearby

Never this close before

It was my first, real loss

Though death was not new

This time it was different

I couldn’t find you

You’d always been there

Close enough to reach

This time I cried out

Did you answer me?

You let me stand

In my grief for a while

My soul was angry

My heart could not smile

Before, I always knew

Just where to turn

A chapter; a page

A lesson to learn

There was always a sermon

A poem, a song

To turn to when 

Everything seemed to be wrong

But this time you spoke

Directly to me

Stepped into my space

Ministered to me

“My child I’m still here

Just as I have been

I’ll always be near

Now until the end

I never said you

Would always have ease

But trust, I’m right here

My child, hear me please

There’s never a time

That you’ll be alone

You’re not forsaken

You still have a home

And deep inside you

Live wisdom and grace

Placed there so that you’d

Always seek My face

In times just like now

When nothing makes sense

And nothing seems fair

And your strength is spent

Remember my child

Apply what you know

Don’t wallow in doubt

Don’t let it be so

This trial may be

Difficult for you

So give it to me

And watch what I do

You’ll no longer feel lost

I’ll dry every tear

And the questions you ask?

I’ll make each answer clear

And rest you shall have

Peaceful, and with ease

I love you, and I’ll

Take care of your needs

Though this is your first time

I’ve done this before

I, too, had to lose

Someone I adore

So cheer up my child

This isn’t the end

Out of this will grow

Something lovely again”

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