Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Gratitude

For I’ve seen….

Fragility of life and inevitable death 

Sweet whisper of sound turning into hollow breath

Brokenhearted silence and unseen tears 

Unfathomable pains and lingering fears

Heartaches and rejections 

Failures, anxiety, and depressions

For I have walked in the shadow of loneliness 

and in the valleys of darkness 

And found myself at the depth 

of an impaired sea bed

Weak and helpless 

Lost and hopeless 

For I’ve been through heaviest storms 

Lightning and pouring rains

But through all of these and more

Lord, you’ve rescued me to a shore

Renewed and restored me

Strengthened and lifted me

In all of my imperfections 

And in all of my desperations 

You became my refuge and only hope 

And to lay down all of my burdens, you became home