Gazing out do I remember,
The toddler that I was,
A teenager who defied,
That young man conscribed.
Memories of a time gone,
Picturing what had been,
Where had the time flown,
Made up of people I had known.
Awoken from my reverie,
Knowing not where it leads,
Living a life not my own,
Saved by Grace, never alone.
Years, months, days,
Life catches up unawares,
Wishing it would never change,
To have it just the same way.
A new chapter each time,
Obstacles that come unbidden,
Trials that seem too much,
Doubts...why is it such.
Hope in the path laid out,
Walk knowing He is with us,
Through the life lived daily,
Lean heavily on that blessed tree.
My home be far,
The journey be long,
Through it all in life,
Blessed by the body of Christ.
Longing for that memory,
Over the valley and hills,
Visions that stay with me,
Every moment that I feel.....
In life as with all things,
From a babe to a man,
Living to death's final scene,
Time shifts like hourglass sands.
Questioned on the purpose,
Trembling at the pain,
Wondering what else be worst,
In the soul, hope be faint.
Yet, not seen on the surface,
A reason to be sought,
Written in life a purpose,
There within, prepared by God.
A battle rages through the night,
Immovable spirits that would not be,
Unstoppable force that cannot be denied,
A clash that lives on in all their memories....
Fast, lithe and demanding,
The hall be a battlefield,
Physical exhaustion notwithstanding,
Sheer Will to fight and never yield.....
