Waves
A long wave of loneliness
Washes into my day
Drags me under
Overwhelms
Spews me out
Leaves me
Stranded
Alone
Isolated
Waiting
Fearful
Dreading the next wave.
I’m here alone
In my cocoon
I feel so sad
All on my own
I cannot see
How to get out
I really wonder
What it’s all about.
In the darkness
As I listen there
I hear God speak
Says He wants to share
Liberate me
To breathe fresh air.
As His light shines down
Warming my cocoon
I feel new life stirring within
Then, what was for so long
Holding me tight
Splits open and in the light
I see the new me
God had always planned
That I should be.
Now, so beautiful, bright
I open my wings
With joy take flight
All my waiting
Through the long,dark night
Has transformed me
Allowing me to bring
To many, great delight.
Time inexorably moves along
Never waiting for anyone
But there was a time when it stopped for me
The day I realised you were gone.
Gone forever leaving me on my own
Engraving deeply on my mind
That from that moment on you would never return
Unlike past absences we had left behind.
So many hours in retirement of being together
So much time to spend when we could be
Loving, working, playing, memory building
To guide and sustain from time to eternity.
Days laced with loneliness
Nights that seem endless
Hours of unhappiness
Tears in the darkness.
All this less, less, less
Only leads to distress
Look to Jesus, He will bless
He’s the only true source of hopefulness.
It isn’t the loneliness
It’s the emptiness
Profound barrenness
Of life without you.
Wordless hours
Meaningless day
Aimless weekends
Since you went away.
Long, silent evenings
Dark, solitary nights
All on my own
Life is so empty
Without you.
When everything is stripped away
I have nothing whatever left
When family and friends have disappeared
And I am totally bereft
It is then in my loneliest, darkest hour
I fully appreciate your love, your power
Your love that never goes away
Enfolds me closer every day
And your power that enables me to go on
When all but love has vanished, gone.
I feel all alone
Everyday all alone
Walking alone
Eating alone
Sitting alone
Walking alone.
“No, no, never,” I hear
Falling on my ear.
“You are never alone”
I hear the Lord say
“Never, never alone
I’m with you every day”
“You have my promise
It’s in writing too
My solemn promise
To always be with you.
I watch you sleeping
Whisper when you’re sitting
Hug you when you’re weeping.
I’m walking with you
Everywhere you go
You are never alone
Never, never, never
Never alone.
You will weep and mourn
Be filled with grief
But
“Fear not,” says Jesus
“All your grief will turn to joy.”
In this world
You will have trouble
But
Take heart; cheer up
“I,” says Jesus, “have overcome
I have conquered the world.”
You may feel lonely
Think no one understands
But
“I,” says Jesus, “understand
I care for you
I am always with you.”