I sit waiting.
Weary.
The pain sets in.
Trapped in a cage,
waiting to be set free.
My body aches.
Immersed in the emptiness this world holds.
Trying to breath.
Gripped in hopelessness.
Drowning.
All I long to do.
All I want to be.
All on the other side of pain.
It crashes down on me,
like waves in the ocean,
sucking me under.
Helplessly I am tossed about.
Darkness surrounds me.
Yet as I open my eyes,
I see you.
Everything is dim and blurry,
except your face.
Gentle yet fierce.
Stronger than the waves that hold me captive.
I am at my end.
Longing.
Waiting for just one touch.
You reach out.
Offering a retreat of safety.
I whisper your name
and let go of all that holds me.
All that is in me is released.
Surrender.
Warmth melts the fear and
light floods out despair.
Freedom.
Joy.
Life.
Hope.
My earthly body remains but does not stop me.
In just one touch.
I am restored.
Loved.
Alive.
And I lift my arms.
In praise.
In victory.