Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Healing Comes

 In the midst of grief and loss comes healing in the guise of a person... so unexpected... so mystical... so biblical...


Christine


seeking renewal

salvation

a love once 

again

he rises and

writes

was it that first day

when her

children bought

the house next 

door?

when they

became

neighbors?

his heart still

fractured

in pieces

(disintegrated)

she

a widow

resolved to years

alone

neither expecting the

unexpected

he at first

meeting quipped

‘hey, neighbor, up for an

adventure?”

“sure!”

ha-ha

he sought a walking

partner

a woman

(how he loved

their presence)

with whom

to talk

both unsuspecting

hearing about his

new

neighbors

his daughters write

“dad, maybe she could be

your friend?” 

a seed planted?

everyone knew he would

not

do well alone

slowly days passed

a small spark

of adventure

ignited

a strange feeling 

engulfed captured him

puppy love?

of course

but then they did

“the 36 questions”

(short-cutting months

of dating)

motown played in his

mind

“fooled around and fell

In love”

a song from

“carousel” if I

loved you…”

those who loved them

cautioned

wary

then they

saw

them

together

his friends said

“she’s a keeper”

another said

“she must have

sent her”

don’t you remember 

her

obituary?

“take care of him

love and hug him”

they thought they

would never

love again

yet they began to 

feel that 

thing 

they laughed 

acted giddy

and so day by

day

they fell

in

love

grandpa and 

grandma on

a kaleidoscopic

merry-go-round

epical

to find again that

bonding

honesty

mutuality

openness

connection

other-above-self

thing called

love 

much over-used

often inaccurate

mostly

divinity enfleshed

better to

experience

so they did

a happiness and

joy

not easily put

usunder

possibly their

golden days of

elderness

is her name

a

coincidence? 

and his 

beloved of God? 

two lives 

two souls

saved.