Shadows

The Shadow was heavy upon me; weighted darkness on my back.

Despair grew in my stomach; my chest filled with loss.

Where there once was life, now was a desert of bones.

A home filled with love became a mausoleum.

Standing on cliff tops waiting for them to crumble,

and leave me lying ruined on the rocks.

But I will trust in the Lord and lean not on my own understanding,

for surely as darkness crowds in, day break will come.

Therefore I will trust in God,

for he will make a way and life will come again.