1. Just For Today
Dawn breaks through the grief and desolation where I lay
Piercing the darkness with an incandescent sun ray
But my mind and soul reject such false promise
Too much loss from which there is no solace.
But then my gaze rests on the sadness mixed with youthful expectation etched on my child’s face,
Filling the space between us with need and love and hope and grace.
I dampen down my own muted cries,
Reaching out, I breathe and gather strength to rise.
We will survive and love will have its say…
At least , just for today.
Hope snuggles safely strapped around my heart
As I tread on the field of life.
I gather together our goals blown apart,
And protect them from destruction and strife.
I plant Hope in a corner that grief had left forsaken,
With clumps of faith and courage as a shield,
And slowly and surely ambitions reawaken,
A harvest for the labour they yield.
I sowed in tears and reaped in joy
Outsmarting Death who planned to destroy.
The family tonight will sit at table and be heard,
We will talk and laugh and all together break bread
Nurtured and nourished, cherished in safe care,
We will sing and dance, work and play…
At least just for today.
Friends will gather at times round the nest
Each kind word will strengthen and bless,
Oil of gladness and beauty poured out to soothe pain,
They will return again and again.
Helping us when overwhelmed with loss and sorrow,
But I will not think of tomorrow and tomorrow,
Our kinship will guide me on life’s steep path
Where I’ll leave behind grief and sadness and wrath,
I’ll learn to live in a new and present-filled way…
At least , just for today.
2. A Mosaic of Hope
Did someone captivate your heart one day
And weave their magic all around,
Infiltrate and stamp your soul and then just go away?
Grief and loss, despair and pain gather and surround,
Until your life is now a raging battleground.
Trying to recover, using every known means
It’s difficult when your heart’s in smithereens.
But then the heart devotes itself to its Beloved – you.
Instilling hope and self belief and all that’s noble and true.
Strong is your heart that gathers every precious piece and shard,
Restoring body, soul and mind that the world just disregards.
Love and Hope and Healing too
Forms the glue within each beat
Until the fragments of your dreams are transformed and made complete.
Sorry my friend for those hard and painful times,
But the furnace of suffering has made in you, a light that brightly shines.
It casts its warmth, its hope and darkness-piercing rays
On those who tread same broken path
In search of Life some other way.
Listen to this my good and courageous friend
There’s something benevolent and brave within
Like steel it changes shape, it bows and bends
But stays strong and supports you to the very end
Its name is Integrity and it’s strong and freeing
And it lives eternally deep within your Being.
Trust is its oil and Truth is its fuel
And Hope is its most precious jewel
It reminds us to love
It’s what we’re here for
Hope is the diamond in the glaur.