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Elise Hendry Poem
To David …. The One With A Lion’s Heart
I never knew you...
At least this side of eternity…
In a way though….
I did know you….
I recognize your heart…
I know the pain of the struggle…
To keep one’s head above water…
Trying not to drown amidst the pain…
Tired of going under…again and again…
Weary of struggling to stay in this life…
Wanting with all one’s heart to be free from the pain and struggle…
To be with Jesus…the Lover of Your Soul….
Running free in the fields of heaven…
Free from the torments of this life...
I know the pain of being confined to the “healing hospital”…
Where one’s dignity is taken away…
Where one’s voice is not heard...
Where no one asks “why?”…
Where you feel alone and scared and misunderstood….
I know the pain of no one understanding the depths of despair…
That life is too much…too hard to continue the journey...
You were a sensitive soul…
You felt deeply and passionately about life…
Your heart ached for those whose voice was silenced…
You roared like the mighty Lion of Judah…
For those who could not roar….
You felt the pain and suffering of the weak and broken…
David…you …a protector and warrior for the down trodden…
You …a man after God’s heart…
You knew His Heartbeat…
You.. so loved by your family and friends...
You were broken…
You are healed and whole now….
Your heart is free from pain and ache and longing…..
I long for the day when I can meet you …
Face to face…spirit to spirit….
And give you a hug….and say…
Words that I wished I could have said face to face to you on earth:
I know…it is ok…I understand…
You could not hold on one more minute…one more hour…one more day…
There is no condemnation….no blame..no shame...
Rest now…in the loving embrace of your Heavenly Father…
You are so loved…..
You are home now….
by Elise Hendry
December 9, 2018
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You Raped My Soul
by Elise Hendry
I slowly trusted you…
I shared the depths of my heart and soul with you…
You allowed me to attach to you …
Like a newborn fawn…to it’s mother…
I drank deeply from your heart of love, tenderness, gentleness, kindness and acceptance…
You covered me with a blanket of grace after the shame of my childhood…
I swam in the pools of your sea moss eyes…
I delighted in the deep desires you awakened in me…
I shared the depth of my struggles with you...
And then when my pain and chaos of longing was too much…
I attempted to snuff out the candle…
The candle in the wind would not be blown out…
Left in the shadow…was the pain of awakening to life again…
But you were gone…you abandoned me…you blamed me…you labeled me…you betrayed me…
The blanket of grace was ripped off my naked body…and replaced with shame and pain of loss….
My mental health was not your concern …you traded your heart of love for a heart of fear…
You did not know me…you did not love me….you died…
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The heart aches with pain of betrayal...
Trusted thoughts, secrets, desires were handed over delicately, hesitantly, carefully…
To the gentle healer…
Full of kindness, tenderness, gentleness...
The secrets of the heart laid bare with hopes of healing….
The struggle with desire declared with vulnerability...
With open hands and open heart….
Trust was blindly given…
Why would the gentle healer betray the trusting heart so vulnerable?
Abandoned and alone in the sterile, clinical world where no heart beats…
Where kindness, and gentleness and tenderness are not valued…
Tears, cries of anguish, pain, passion all dissolved into wet showers of tears falling down…
Into the soft white blanket ….
Hidden from the living and breathing world….
The gentle healer died….
Where was he?…she cried…
Where was the one who had listened for one hundred and twenty four hours?
Where was the tender heart?
Why would no voice echo back to her calls?
Where had her gentle healer gone?
Why could he not hear her cries?
Her confusion intensified…her longings intensified…
The meeting of shame ….turned her world upside down….
The brain cannot make sense of love taken so abruptly….
The blame and shame centered on the broken and bruised one…
Confusion….Anger at God…Why? Why? Why?
Why did God not answer her cries for help?
Why did God not answer the only cry of her heart?
To be taken home…into His glorious presence….free from pain….
Why…would God send her back to earth…
To suffer the betrayal with pain so great…
The heart is shattered….the pieces are too many to put back together…
Trust…faith…hope….gone…
Despair, depression, pain….
The Shattered Heart….
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You …the gentle healer...used my vulnerability against me…
My heart bled and bled in front of you…
I cried a thousand tears…
I cried the pain a thousand ways...
I poured out my longings, my secrets…my joys...my darkness…my soul
You listened…you held…you understood…
You listened to my stories of shame…
Or so I thought….
You then abandoned me…left me…cold…heartless…drowning…in my own pool of tears...
I hid it all…I cried silently…silent screams...
I hurt quietly… no one saw…
Then…pain stacked on pain…
You blamed me…
You shamed me…
You let go of me…coldly…cruelly…silently…shamingly…
You dishonored my soul...You sold me for your honor…your reputation…
You labeled me…. you betrayed me…
You betrayed yourself….your profession… your name….
My heart was not worth your time….
Copyright © Elise Hendry | Year Posted 2020
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O, Caterpillar...encased in your emerald green gilded gold tomb... your chrysalis...
Awaiting the day when you will emerge in glorious beauty...
Your wounds healed...
Your scars faded...
A reminder of the struggles that set you free...
Copyright © Elise Hendry | Year Posted 2020
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