This poem was written on 18 December 2014, about 2.5 months after my son died. I tried to picture what God would be saying to me through nature. I guess in the moment that i wrote this poem i felt God’s peace upon me, and i could temporarily rest from my chaotic life of grief. I cherished moments where the grief wasn’t all consuming. Where i could just sit and breathe and enjoy being in the presence of God.
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I am the soft breeze that makes
Your hair quietly fly as you
Walk underneath the trees.
I am the leaves that fall and swirl
Around your feet.
I am the water that hugs your body
As you stand and look beyond
The horizon.
Look in the sky and you will see
Stars glimmering in the darkness.
That is your hope that I give to you
When a rainbow comes
I watch you gentle
And you wish upon a
Rainbow, that rainbow.
A smile forms on your lips
And you know a message
Has been whispered
Across the meadows of sunflowers.
I am the hills you trod
As you trek through
This journey
Of darkness but in the night
And day –
There is light, a candle
Flickering as the birds
Circle above.
And I am your saving grace.
I am your night and day.
