The Calm
(Yesterday)
With quiet stillness
we're snug and warm,
your head on my chest and
my arms wrapped around you
during this brief calm
we've been allowed to experience.
O how we want it to last forever
as we feel so complete together,
but, God only gives us moments
of this calm at a time,
just enough to keep us going
and make us want
to come right back for more.
Sometimes it seems like punishment
waiting for this slice of heaven,
to feel the most perfect calm
and peace I know with someone.
In your arms I am at peace.
As I show you love,
you show me love
with all our love
coming from God.
(Today)
Thirty hours later
and the calm of bedtime is here,
but, it's so different
this calm of one.
It's quiet to be sure
and mysterious
because I don't know
how you are,
I can't see your beautiful face
or touch your smoothness
or hear the sounds you make.
All these things I'm missing
so very much now
as I hit the light
and night really becomes night
and I sigh and cry
then start waiting and worrying.
(Tomorrow)
O what exquisite torture
my mind inflicts on my heart
of which you are a very large part,
but, soon a calm will return
as I pray and tomorrow I'll learn
that you are okay,
then we'll both go through another day
and think back to the calm
we shared just the other day.
Copyright © Michael Todd | Year Posted 2011
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