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A Devotion Poem, FATE
(Written for my husband, Jim)

My beloved and I, with our hearts not only 
aligned in love, but also in the empathy and 
compassion grown in the fruits of our years 
together, in needy as well as hopeful times, 
hold in sight each other.  Embrace.

At many points death could have come: there
 was his heart attack and then my coma.

We have moved now, side close to side, 
into the downstairs living room. 
 We have realized and shared that when 
one of us is absent (perhaps being hospitalized)
, then there comes a void in the room, 
affecting every difficult breath to 
feelings of a hanging emptiness 
in heart and soul.  The walls stand cold
 ...but for God’s comfort, above and near,
 present through our entreaties in prayer.  Clutching.

And it is Fate with Faith that keeps those days 
of missing each other from yet becoming 
days of grieving any final loss.

We walk our days like a pair of massive, 
aging elephants with our gray trunks 
entwined; so large, the ground quivers 
as we journey; and the absence of either one 
of us seems to strike hours and poetry 
out from the equation of life.  Empty.

Since our meeting 40 years ago, to 
our present togetherness and alertness 
to each other’s needs, I wonder 
if it was God’s planned fate for us 
to be staying these years 
together in His gracing love, helping 
us through hard times, sculpting us
with our thanksgings.  Revived.

We live a melody composed 
by our omnipotent Lord.  It has involved 
no random accidents.  The lyrics are 
concise and rhymed.  There are 
many more refrains to sound 
before the final note.
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(c) sally young Eslinger 5/12/21
Thanks be to God

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