I sat by her bedside
As she lay motionless
Cruelly aware of her
incarceration
Trapped inside a
broken body
Unable to move
Unable to speak
A mere shadow of what
once was
And in my black
despair
I prayed for her
And I heard Malachi’s
words
So, I prayed for her
release
So, she would awake
with the Lord
And burst forth from
her stall
Like a young calf in
springtime
Thank you for the morning
For the new day
dawning
Thank you for the dawn
chorus
Refreshing and
delighting us
Thank you, lord, for
another day
And for tomorrow if I may
I don’t know the minute or the hour
When God decided from
his exalted tower
To make us both
shelter from that shower
And to make our love bloom like a flower
I find it hard to forgive
But we are taught we
must
To be a good Christian
We must first forgive
others
Before God can forgive
us
But I find it hard to
forgive
I cannot let go the
bitterness
Or it’s associated
baggage
The betrayal of those
I thought friends
The deceit of family
The put downs and the
knocks
The adversities and
animosities
I cannot make that
commitment to forgive
All I can do is promise
to try
Try to climb that
ladder of forgiveness
One painful rung at a
time
And if I do succeed
In becoming a better
person
A more forgiving
person
If I manage to slowly
climb the ladder
And earn God’s
forgiveness
I will only do so with
His grace
And not by some
immense effort on my part
Master of the universe
Great architect of nature
Builder of the galaxies
Every facet and
feature
Don’t listen to our
silence
Most benevolent
creator
And think us unworthy
Don’t condemn us like
a traitor
We are misguided only
That is just our
nature
We will turn to you
again
For man is a fickle
creature
The twelve peers
Champions of legend
Companions of
Charlemagne
Frankish warrior
heroes
The brave paladins
Slayers of the moor
Scourge of the Saracen
hordes
Thorn in the Emir’s
flesh
Legends of Christendom
Righting wrongs
With sword and lance
Fighting for the just
Soldiers of Christ
Soldiers of the light
Heroes of the empire
Angels of the choir
Is this the sound of heaven?
Such sweet emanations’
Heaven sings out
Each note
Plucks at my heart
Lifts my soul
Then elevates me
Carrying me away
On a choral wave
Of sweet rapture
Then upon the final note
Of purest clarity
I return to earth
