"Embrace"

As I attempted to etch words
stirring within
my thoughts roamed
and once again-
the visions
emerged

My mind drifted to a place
and the tears fell-
helplessly
My head resting on a table
that offered no solace
Wondering if the sadness
will ever go away
The vision of faces-
I no longer see
The hands-
I can no longer reach for
And the voices, the sweet voices
unheard in the still of the night

I grasp the memories
yet sometimes-
they seem a lifetime past

I question, how so many take
for granted-
those that still breathe
hands that can be touched
Voices that still sing-
melodious beyond the stars
believing they will exist ceaselessly

Insignificant pursuits of filth
trading love held-
in the palm of hands
as if it matters not
Sinister core
siphoning the essence of the heart
tainting a beautiful canvas
once holding life
an undertaker unto yourselves

I’ve loved
and I’ve lost
And nothing is more-
to be cherished
than the GIFT God has given-
another hand to hold
through the journey of LIFE

the hand I now hold-
will be embraced with tender care
and the treasure held deep within-
Until the angels carry me away

And it will be then-
that I return the GIFT
and shine my light from Heaven