This is for all those to whom grief seems a spreading pall:
When grande grief is bearing down
Upon life unaware,
Spirit gives anesthesia
So we can live and bear
Pain that is too great for anyone.
Numbness spreads and covers
A safety net, our heart to hold
Bits of loved and lovers
That would fly away otherwise
Into the great abyss
Leaving us breathless, without hope
For those we dearly miss.
There comes a day that fog’s so thick
We can’t remember how
We walked or even tried to think
Beyond the here and now.
As time goes by, feeling returns
And pain becomes so real
Excruciating sensations
Beyond our wish to deal.
The promise of the gospel is
That Christ will be our salve;
‘Twill take us deep within to where
Our love will truly have
The chance for pain to sink into
The growing places where
A person gives the self away
All for the chance to share
Love that once was rooted in
A life no longer here
But one that still kindles the flame
And always will be near.
Because this is a pain so deep
Its roots will reach the place
Of anchor in the self of God
Where every breath is grace.
© 2009 Todd Jenkins
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