Ballad In a Graveyard
Behold my brother, MDG
Handsome, gifted, crazy
Living his days in drudgery
Thoughts unfocused, hazy
He takes his hat off in the rain
Looks down upon her grave
He sinks to earth in melting pain
Her life he could not save
He loved her then, still loves her now
Helpless as he sits here
She gave to him her lifelong vow
That he should never fear
Her going before him in death
He was the older one
He’d be first to draw the last breath
That promise, now undone
Leaves him lonely to start new life
He does not know how to
Begin afresh without his wife
He struggles to bow to
What he cannot comprehend –
Shorn of his beloved
Filled with a grief that never ends
Life? How can he live it?
Now he feels enraged, quite angry
Nothing’s fair about this!
So he sets out, mean and hungry
To try to make right this
Situation (aberration
Is more like it he thinks --)
To refuse death’s sad invitation
He shakes his head and blinks
For there, before him, standing tall
A shadow figure waits
From its petrified fingers fall
First closed, then open gates
One portal to the unknown days,
The other, portal past
He shifted back and forth his gaze
Then suddenly, he gasped
Through portal past he saw himself
Lost, grave side, deep in pain
And then that scene resolved itself
In pouring, golden rain
Through the portal of unknown days
He sees her peaceful face
And seeks to trust God’s unknown ways
On earth, in time and space
He decided not to fight it
Or beg his lover back
No need to undo or right it
He saw there was no lack
Her peaceful face shone in his mind
Her spirit touched his soul
His vision cleared, no longer blind
His heart was healed, made whole
The pouring rain lets slowly go
The earth that holds the grave
His mind fills up with Spirit’s glow
He’s clean, reborn and brave
He can now face his life alone
Until his time to die
He knows her soul’s not trapped in stone
She’s always by his side
He’s happy now, with many friends
Who understand his peace
He lost his need to make amends
Their love will never cease
Copyright © Rev. Rebecca Guile Hudson | Year Posted 2007
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