INTERIMS

I met a friend yesterday
Who talked about the “interim”
Which struck me oddly
But I understood

I have lived “interims”
For far too long
And all it implies
Is that there is no plan

My plan is in place
My vision clear
My energy restored
For the bounty of tomorrow

Unburdened at last
From shackles of servitude
And barriers before me
Of my own creation

Nothing in my way now
Except myself
But without excuses
I own my future

How to make sense
Of the senseless
How to speak
When we are speechless

How to grieve
When we cannot comprehend
How to move forward
When we are numb

There is a plan
Not for us to question
There is a method
In the midst of madness

So we will accept
And we will remember
That the joy of his life
Will forever remain

In the hearts of all
Whose life he touched
And the tears we shed
Shall be his testament

It’s 2017
And I’m writing once more
Pledged to learn
How to live again

I learned to love
And spent 6 years doing so
As I will again
In the new life I am building

Wounds have healed
Though scars remain
As I joyously emerge
From my dark passages

Ready again
To explore and grow
With new challenges ahead
And more battles to be won

The sun is retreating
As the day turns to night
Just a glimmer of light
On a bleak horizon

Yet that light reaches out
To call me to its core
With a promise to restore
All that has been lost

And in the calm of twilight
There is peace within me
For despite the turmoil
I have overcome the pain

The Sky is not Falling

Have been standing still
For too long
And couldn’t see tomorrow
Until now

My path is clearer
My spirit restored
My angers understood
My passion flowing

A calmness surrounds me
In a world of turmoil
For the sky is not falling
Despite its rumblings