In the aftermath

In the aftermath

I pray that you and I can walk hand in hand

Along these corridors of time

Facing experiences we left behind

Extracting the lessons gained

And letting go at least

Some of the pain

There were things that cut

Things going down

That I never understood

Standing alone with no one close

To hold my hand

And so I struggled on

Feeling so lost

And never really knowing

How to make sense of it

Or where to seek refuge

So that now when I am alone

With all of this

Faltering as I do

As the one who remains

Asked to hold it all

There is just so much

I want to let go of

That angered me before

And what my soul longs for

Most of all

Is to find a new way

To stay within this wreckage

While finding a way

To make something beautiful

From all

Of the broken pieces