You walk beside me
and hold my hand.
I STUMBLE AND FRET
WONDERING . . .
“WHERE ARE YOU?”
I pray,
knowing you love me.
My fear shouts.
Despite the heat,
I shiver . . .
I feel alone.
The voices of my loneliness
are so loud that panic sets in.
I jump!
“What WAS that?”
and see the bird.
They are so beautiful that I stop . . .
softly,
sweetly,
the birds upstage my fear
and I know your presence.
Foolishly,
I forgot your promises,
your love.
I knelt beneath the tree
and wept.
I called, needing your nearness
and realized you were always there.
Your love lifted me up
AS ALWAYS.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2019
