Grace

Sitting on our steps

Wishful for your presence

I reminisce

passed by with the moments

Hopes lost soul with no way home

Time will draw a map or a pardon will come

No victims here that much is clear

The Same Old steps we always kept, I persevere

swept worthy now with a mother's tear

Unforgiving, beholds an unanswered prayer

Mercy is busy, no time for despair

reality sits beside defiant as if a dare

Step by step, I used to number the days

and kept the seasons neat

Caught and named all falling star’s watching their descent

These things are all in order as if you didn’t leave

Their numbered here and devout as the last time I kissed your cheek

Today I stopped counting and the world is just the same

I no longer dream of finding you as if you just misplaced

The bank of falling stars cracked open and I take the blame

Even with regret

This mishap made it clear

I do not need to see you here

To make you complete

I do not need forget me not's

To keep your memory awake

You smile everyday

And exist always

In a string of things

Woven deep into my grace

I do not keep you here

You remain

Terry D'Arcy-Ryan

                        

    

       

    

Reviews

[Pete]

powerful emotions expressed. incredible analogies. memories and longing for a loved one amidst a troubled past. so many great lines. 'Hopes lost soul with no way home'. 'Mercy is busy, no time for despair'. 'Grace' is a beautiful word that encapsulates so much, as does the entire write. outstanding, as usual. you are a wonderful writer hitting us with the 'real stuff' of life so articulately.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Thank you. This was hard for me to write. This is about acceptance. The journey that lead me here has changed me forever. The stages one lives through until acceptance settles I'm sure is different for everyone. I still mourn for my daughter but now I embrace that she was was mine and I find ways to celebrate that. God Bless

Sheer Terror

[Chris]

Some of us CAN deal with life as we live it... til we can't. And then we try anyway.

[Michael S]

There is Quite a lot of emotions in it. Beautifully woven and very graceful write..poignant and very heart felt. How humble one can become when in selfless love can be felt here..grace of those feelings stays forevermore,Sheer kind . Memories...they are forever and the ethereal love too. Very wonderfully penned 🙂

[wordman]

beautiful write,filled with love and compassion