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In Sorrow and In Joy

In Sorrow and in Joy
(For my wife Barbara)
By Franklin Price
01/18/2022

I - Looking Back

I'm looking back on year just past in sorrow and in joy
Thinking of the future and the thoughts I should employ
More than two and fifty years of life, you were the soul mate of my dreams
For a year I've been without you or, it might be, so it seems

You're still within my heart and mind. You are with me every day
You are looking down from heaven and will never go away
I can see you in our daughter and in her daughter's two
You give me strength to carry on and to do what I must do

Since Jesus came and took you home, where you're sitting by his side
The world has kept on turning, I'm still on it for the ride
I know you saw the year go by, without you, here's what's new 
My year of sorrow and of joy, I now write to share with you

On the night that you were taken, Danielle Dawn and I were here
We held you and each other and God took you, that was clear
The priest said prayers over you, you were just barely past
Both of us were in great sorrow. You were finding peace at last

That was January 18th. It was on a Tuesday night
When they came to take you, we held each other very tight
We were joyous that God took you, yet were sad you'd lost the fight 
We mourned greatly in our sorrow and we cried for most the night

The next three days we bonded, just my Dani Dawn and I
We talked about most everything, and took more time to cry
On Saturday, we parted ways, to get on our life
Carrying our memories of her mother and my wife.


II - Tamera

An old friend, came to visit to help me through those early days
We had helped her also when her mother passed away
She stayed with me, almost a week, and she really helped a lot
Lately when I try to reach her, try to find her, I cannot
I am so very grateful for the good she did for me
Hopefully, I soon will find her; what will be for her will be


III – Searching for the Church

To find the strength within me, that would help me in my lurch
I prayed to God, he said to me, “You should get yourself to church.
Every Sunday to a different one, until we find the one for you
Then settle there, and feel my love, that is something you should do”
I began, on the next Sunday, to do as I was told
Went to fifteen different churches, the effort was not getting old
I felt my God within them, He, in all of them was seen
Then we found the one for me, the right one, sweet sixteen
It had taken four months, but by following the Lord
I had found the place to worship. He and I of one accord
I am still attending, the first day of every week
If that had not happened, would be continuing to seek


IV – Progression

It seems as though I have progressed to the middle of the year
Many things I've left behind, that should not disappear
Family and friends were there for me, hands on my shoulders, by my side
Knowing that they cared for me, helped me continue with the ride

This is the first installment of  how my first year's journey went
Most of the times I did not go, by the good Lord, I was sent

Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2023

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