In the comfort of the coffee shop
Nestled into a sofa
Sits Abigail, homesick
and sad
As she reads a letter
from home
She knows the sadness
will pass
And sooner this time
than the last
It strikes each time a
letter arrives from home
With news from those
she left behind
Her parents, loving
and kind
Her sister annoyingly
lovely
All her friends of
long standing
And of course, him
She left her hometown
The only place she had
ever lived
After her marriage
failed
So, she is building a
new life
Away from the people
and places
Away from all the
familiarity
That reminded her
daily
Of her failure and her
inadequacies
So, she lives in a new
town
And is making new
friends
Discovering new
familiar places
And trying to forget past
mistakes
She has joined a new
church
Where her angel’s
voice
Sings in praise to
heaven
And she is finding
peace within herself
One day very soon
Abigail will sit
In the comfort of the
coffee shop
Nestled into a sofa
And not be homesick
and sad
One day very soon
Abigail will read
A long letter from
home
And smile at it
contents
And not feel the old
pain strike
One day very soon
Abigail will let
herself be happy
One day very soon
Abigail will forgive
herself
