Always blessed

I was always blessed

A light of life was a always shining

Somewhere behind dark and stormy skies

And sadly I never knew the blessings awaiting me

But here is the thing about hardship

Struggle

Adversity and pain

They all come to us as teachers

As primal educators of the soul

There were dark and cold years

I longed for so much from you

But always I seemed to inhabit

And empty echoey room

From with witnessing and warmth was absent

That this became so familiar I forgot

There was another way

So if I spent years in

Both a solitary and haunted place

It’s okay

The darkest of times were always reseeding

Even if there ever present memory

Seemed to eclipse everything

For now after all the wilderness years

Of sorrow and tears

And hurting

Lately peace and laughter bubble up

From deep within the underground spring of my soul

As you and I share deeply

And I finally taste the sweetest seeds

Of both acceptance and forgiveness