Grief Poem - To Be Noble

The New Year’s here but we’re alone — we’ve lost someone so dear,

Our spouse or kin or our parents — our life now seems so dear.

Remembering that special one brings memories to our heart,

this “missing time,” recent or old; they’re gone!  Then tear drops start.

We may have planned some wondrous things, which vanished in “thin-air.”

But noble plans and noble deeds are best hemmed-in  in prayer.

We plan our ways, but we need help; our dear one has gone on!

Revisit plans but look ahead; we’ll ‘meet them’ in the dawn.

Oh, Lord, guide us, empower us that we will honor You,

We look ahead, we plan each day — life’s really not a “zoo!”

Freedom is ours to plan our time — we organize each day,

Some days there’s Sun, some days are blue and yes, some days are gray.

We ask You, God, to lead and guide, help us to sow some “seeds;”

Noble (1) One — we’ll try but need Your help, to do some noble deeds.

We look ahead; what are our plans!? What does the future hold?

“Others” we’ll bless? Or just ourselves?  Lord, help us to be bold!

We thank You, Lord, for memories when our day seems a blur!

Our special one agrees with God, ’cause He is our Anchor!

December 2018

Prairie Winds

(1) — Isaiah 32:8 (NIV) — But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.