FAITH IN LIGHT BEYOND

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

-Revelation 21:4 KJV

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"Grief is the quiet language we all eventually learn to speak. In your sorrow, you are part of humanity's oldest and most sacred community: those who have loved and lost. You are not alone in your tears; they are the rain that falls on every corner of the earth."

-Dreamy Poetess

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FAITH IN LIGHT BEYOND

by Dreamy Poetess

The morning tide recedes upon the floor;

Leaving silver outlines by the door.

I trace the shape of names you used to call;

A quiet weight that does not break at all.

The ink has dried but pulses in the palm;

A steady heart beneath a settled calm.

No longer reaching for a vanishing hand,

I plant my feet upon this shifting sand.

The warmth is locked,

Within the marrow deep;

A promise kept,

While all the shadows sleep.

There is a radiance past the edge of grief;

A golden harvest in a fallen leaf.

You are the breath that fills the lungs of prayer;

A hallowed presence in the vacant air.

Beyond the valley where the willows bend.

The light begins where human stories end.

I read the lines until the sight grows dim.

The cup of mercy bubbling at the rim.

It is not loss that makes the spirit thin.

But how we let the vastness enter in.

The fireplace may flicker out and die.

But embers hold the glow of every sky.

No longer searching for a reason why.

I watch the stars colonize the sky.

The love remains a heavy, holy coat

A song that rises in a silent throat

(To the grieving soul that never forgets how to love.)

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