I WILL NOT FORGET

Spring beckons me 

Seedlings break the winter

The rains are welcomed

The night was so long 

You held me close 

You carried me 

When I couldn’t even crawl 

On my death bed

You breathed your breath into me 

Your mouth to mouth life 

Kept me breathing 

I will never forget your kisses of kindness in the depths of darkness 

Now I know you 

Now you know me 

You’re my morning star 

My light in the deep dark 

That promises the dawn 

Now I see the first light of sunrise 

But I will never forget this dark night 

When the fires of grief threatened my bare body 

When the waters tried to drown me 

When it was just you and I 

Intimately entwined 

Secluded in intimate suffering love 

The oil of myrrh drenched my soul every hour 

And you never left me 

Now my heart sings a soft love song 

To awaken this dawn 

I feel the morning dew on my bare feet 

As we walk together into the garden 

Look! the seedlings are here

They have arrived

I know what’s coming and I’m grateful 

But I will never forget your mercy in the depth of darkness 

The way you held me 

In the dead of the winter night