BLESSED

THE SUN HAS RISEN AFTER A LONG COLD WINTER.
THE SPRING KNOCKS AT MY DOOR AGAIN
HOW BLISSFUL LIFE SEEMS AT THIS HOUR
A SENSE OF COMPLACENCY
WARMTH, LIKE TWO TIGHT ARMS AROUND ME.
THE FIRST RAYS OF THE SPRING SUN KISSING MY FACE
I LOOK UP,
AND IN THAT DIVINE MOMENT
A FAMILIAR VOICE RINGS THROUGH THE AIR,
IT SAYS, " I'M THERE..."
AND A THOUSAND BELLS RING
" I'LL BE THERE........
I LOOK AROUND .." I'M THERE....
THE VOICE ECHOES FROM ALL CORNERS
LOUDER, LOUDER IT GETS
RINGING LOUD AND CLEAR
TO A FRENZIED PITCH
TILL I THROW OUT MY ARMS TO EXCLAIM
" I CAN FEEL YOU , I CAN SENSE YOUR PRESENCE,
I WANT TO SEE YOU, I WANT TO HOLD YOU,
WILL YOU NOT SHOW YOUR SELF?"
SUDDENLY A BRIGHT LIGHT BLINDED MY EYES
AND UNFOLDED BEFORE ME PICTURES OF THE PAST,
FRIENDS , FAMILY, LOVERS,
SOME THAT STILL ARE AND SOME THAT ARE NOT
WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS
THEY BECKONED ME TOWARDS THE LIGHT
I TRIED MY BEST TO STRETCH MY ARMS
AS FAR AS THEY WOULD GO
TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THOSE
WHO WERE AND ARE A PART OF MY EXISTENCE
A GRASP, A MOMENT OF OBLIVION,
AND THEN ALL CALM.
I WOKE UP TO THE CHIRPING OF BIRDS
TO AN EARLY DAWN IN SPRING
WITH A SMALL GREEN LEAF
CLASPED WITHIN THE HOLLOW OF MY HAND.
JOY, SURPRISE, AWE, AND THEN
A REALIZATION....
I SHOUTED OUT IN GLEE
IN THAT EARLY MORN
" YES I KNOW , I KNOW YOU ARE THERE,
I KNOW , YOU WILL BE THERE,
I NEED NOT SEE YOU OR HOLD YOU,
I NEED NOT HAVE YOU WITHIN MY ARMS
YES , I KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE
NOW AND EVER,
FOR I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN
BLESSED!"