~~
The pain was more than I could bear
The grief beyond belief
I had to deaden the feeling
Go to a place of healing
To stop my heart bleeding
~
I lay on the bed and closed my eyes
And I felt my skin tingle
As if a thousand needles
Were brushing me lightly
And holding me tightly
~
As the warmth of darkness enfolded me
God in his mercy defended me
Safely sheltered me in His love
Shielded me from more heartache
And watched over me ‘til daybreak
~~
©DGA 12 October 2011 02:28
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12/10/2011 at 10:54 am
Good Morning Adee…please tell me that is not something happening now!!!
Very powerful.
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12/10/2011 at 11:11 am
No, Gran, many years ago… just the memory has been popping up lately. Bless you for being concerned. 🙂
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12/10/2011 at 11:14 am
Beautiful, beautiful words..thank you once again.
love P
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12/10/2011 at 11:19 am
Thank you so much Patrecia. 🙂
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12/10/2011 at 12:53 pm
trusted refuge
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12/10/2011 at 1:07 pm
Always, Carl.
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12/10/2011 at 5:04 pm
Perhaps that is what is meant by “sleep tight”…. In God’s arms. Thanks for that post, but I’m not sure if I should feel happy or sad for her. Any insight for me?
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12/10/2011 at 5:29 pm
I think that is what they mean by ‘sleep tight’ and you must be happy, Jake, for God kept her safe throughout the night.
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12/10/2011 at 5:50 pm
Denise. A lovely poem. And full of feeling.
When my heart used to be full of anxiety, I used to creep out of the bedroom and go to my radio, find someone to talk to (in morse) and after half an hour I was rested and could find sleep again. I guess that was God’s gift to me, just the same.
John
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12/10/2011 at 6:12 pm
Thanks, John. I do believe that God fulfils all our needs, but in his own way and in his own time. And I also think that we often don’t even notice how he does this because he sometimes works in a circuitous fashion to get there.
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12/10/2011 at 7:52 pm
A wonderful response to the dark night of the soul, Denise.
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12/10/2011 at 9:26 pm
It was indeed ‘a dark night of the soul’ Kate. You’ve expressed it so well!
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12/10/2011 at 10:26 pm
on some level we all go through similar seasons…i am glad you know the one that shelters us even in the storm…
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13/10/2011 at 6:00 am
All we have to do is trust… and it sounds so easy, but sometimes it’s so hard, Brian.
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13/10/2011 at 1:30 am
Amen,. praise God …How I have wished on many occasions when He has been working back around in that circuit, I was paying more attention, and recalling the times He had unmistakably sheltered me in the past.
Bless You Denise, thanks for a wonderful poem from the heart.
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13/10/2011 at 6:03 am
I know I wouldn’t be here, Paul, if it weren’t for Him… Take care, my friend.
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13/10/2011 at 10:04 am
I have felt that warmth too even in my agnostic, hippy, pagan way. Beautiful, Adeeyoyo. And uplifting…
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13/10/2011 at 2:43 pm
I’m so glad you’ve felt it too, Selma. And the love…
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13/10/2011 at 1:36 pm
It’s amazing how these memories suddenly pop out of nowhere years down the track, Adee, as if the mind only deals with them when it’s good and ready
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13/10/2011 at 2:44 pm
That is so true, Bb. Hope I can finally put them to rest soon. 🙂
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17/10/2011 at 4:50 am
God is one singular source of strength that can de-body us from pain when we focus our attention on, and shall embody us back when the pain (c)eases. Mind creates a beautiful heaven for the spirit to live temporarily there, till it is restored to its rented house. Else, it shall appropriate another.
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17/10/2011 at 7:20 am
Thank you Sunamu, you are so wise. Mental and spiritual pain is so very hard to eclipse. I find it reappears seemingly at random.
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