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The Storm

Have you ever noticed the calm before the storm?

Often unsuspecting we go on with our daily tasks

Not knowing that at any moment

Our lives will be caught up in the tempest

 

Sometimes it creeps up on us silently

Springing upon us with full force

Like the night my mother died

The lull before the storm in my heart

 

The thunderous pain of loss

The flash of what was reality before it hit

The confusion as thoughts were tossed...

Upon the wind...as tears rained from me

 

All became darkness

Alone with my own thoughts

Rumbling through my soul

In a swift moment, she was gone.

 

No chance to say "I love you"

Or ask if she was proud of me

To say "I learned so much from you"

Or be there as true love finds me

 

One more day is all I ask

Let me say the things I need

For selfish reasons I want her back

Although she was released from the pain

 

Months have gone by

Many memories I reflect upon

Sometimes that loss fuels another storm

Emotions swirl as if in the wind

 

But there comes the quiet after the storm

When light peeks thru clouds

Sunlight touches the earth

As if it is her comforting me

 

Telling me she will always be with me

No matter how hard the winds howl

No matter how dark it seems at times

I close my eyes and I feel her presence

 

Although I still feel her loss

I have become less afraid

I find inner strength to keep me calm

As I will again face many storms.