This is a poem I wrote on 08th March 2011 after witnessing an event in Nottingham two days prior to the completion of this poem. The event was on my mind and I could not stop thinking about it, this poem is, amongst other things, one of the ways in which I was able to come to terms with what had happened and be at peace with it. Let me know what you think 🙂
Save You
I can still picture your face
Your expression was contorted, twisted and fixed into an eternal look of pain and discomfort
Gone was the peace and serenity that once existed in your bosom, Instead this was replaced with loneliness and emptiness. You are now filled with the emotions of the lifeless
You are not awake yet you neither slumber
You are trapped in limbo, your mind is asunder… no longer complete
No longer filled with dreams, hopes and ambitions… no longer replete
What could have been can no longer occur, the future that was written has completely unfurled
The doors to your happiness have completely shut off, you are destined to die a lonely death, surrounded by moths
As I look back to that frightful day, I remember the blood that caked your innocent face, I remember the arm that was so unnaturally displaced, I remember your position which was without grace
Did you get pushed, can you fly, did you jump, was you really that ready to die?
Questions bombard the chambers of my mind, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK, I think of that night
Am I destined to dwell upon this phenomenon for the the rest of my natural life, only if time travel was possible, only if I could save you from your plight
You’ve suffered tremendously more than any human being should experience
This world has no more pain for you to bear, you have suffered far more than your fair share
Shalom, let peace fill you now, nothing missing nothing broken, be healed, be restored, may God’s reassuring hand rest upon you, may He comfort you, may He heal your shattered heart
Let Him in, embrace Him, yield to Him, surrender to Him, you will never be the same again, if only you give yourself away
Death did not claim you, your spirit still dwells in a body inhabiting the world of the living, therefore your final destination is not fixed, on the contrary, the decisions you make will determine where you end up
What is 80 years compared to eternity?