Who Knew?

Do you know lost? Have you been there or loved someone in that deeper-than-lonely place?

Who Knew?

Who knew my steps would ever lead me here?

A place where darkness and death appear as friends,

A time well past the time to make amends,

When days dissolve into corrosive fear.

Who knew that I would lessen year to year?

I may believe in God before this ends,

Releasing all as all I hold to rends

And know a good beyond me drawing near.

‘Til then, I live with demons day to day,

Sometimes aware that life is passing by,

That those once-loved are sad to watch me die,

Forgetting dreams of how my life could be.

Some keep the hope I’ve lost along the way.

Who knew that I could live without me?

My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.-Psalm 62:5-6

This blog post is part of a series of writing (Feb.-March 2014) by Tammy Fletcher Bergland sharing original poetry. tbergland.blogspot.com  

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