FATHER!

HIS arms enfolded me with the warmth of a summer's zephyr touch

A place, I needed to be.

Silent

Still

HE is the centered calm of my storm......



                        father!        father ...

where are you going?

When I saw you last

your eyes shown with the light of life!



                        father,

                                           dear father...

what is wrong with your hands?

The last time I held them they were steady and warm.....

                        father,

why is it when I look at you

I  see a faded portrait fallen from it's frame?

A sailor turned

wayfarer.

A vessel whose sails have lost their wind.

                        father.....

                                                where are you going?..........



HIS arms encased me as delicately as if I were a precious pearl.

I felt like one there.

As my spirit struggled with this inner war,

                       HE cared for me

                                           as I lay sleeping,

crying

trapped

within the grief stricken corridors of my mind.

HE laid in still quietness at my side awaiting my return.

HE is here, and I need Him to be.

My source

My strength....

My eternal FATHER

My Lord, Jesus.



As we await the passing of my father into our FATHER's Arms.

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raminastar's picture

This is a heart piercer, a hard but masterful read!

*~* Slendah*~*'s picture

This touched me deeply. I too lost my father.

iqbalar's picture

What a poem that touches the heart and penetrates deep int the soul!!!

saiom's picture

"father,
why is it when I look at you
I see a faded portrait fallen from it's frame?
A sailor turned
wayfarer.
A vessel whose sails have lost their wind.
father.....
where are you going?.......... "

masterful