A sweet embrace is now long past.
We didn't know 'twould be our last.
Like blackbirds hide the sun's warm gold,
sadness hovers, drifts, enfolds.
Hard choice to make -- stay or divorce,
Efforts fail -- must change my course.
Still -- loneliness covers me.
Some choose no mate. Some choose bad.
Alone with another is just as sad.
No matter whose fault, no matter the dirt,
The house is quiet. I’ll always hurt.
Separation or single, or miles between,
personalities change, events unseen.
God in Genesis made a wife
to complement Adam for all his life.
Ecclesiastes says two are better than one* --
to encourage each other, to get things done.
My own poor company -- Oh, how I ache, but
even God's wise ones made mistakes.
Think of King David, King Solomon, too --
Even God's blessed ones were lonely and blue.
Death or divorce, or miles apart --
Separation's bad; it breaks my heart ...
and loneliness covers me.
I don't know a thingin this whole wide world that's worse than being alone** …
and loneliness covers me.
Written by Netagene, January 19-22, 2016
* Ecclesiastes 4:9-12;
** a line from the song, “Where No One Stands Alone", written by Thomas Mosie Lister (September 8, 1921 – February 12, 2015)
About Me
- Netagene
- I am a member of the church of Christ. I have been writing things since I was little. Some have been printed, some posted. I write to teach or encourage; to blow off steam; and for fun! I had my own motorcycle in my 40s; I was a bluegrass music DJ for about 13 years; I've performed some. I am a member of the NRA. In 2003 (age 59), I became high partial legally blind; in 2005, I had to get hearing aids! Franklin Field said: "Poor eyes limit your sight; poor vision limits your deeds". And no kidding, the picture was made April, 2012!
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