Bones remember what the heart does not
I have to pause at this spot
The spot that I have tasted pain
Drown in pools of tears that rain

The echo of a song not sung
The image of beloved one
Whose hand forever slipped away
On that fateful, tragic day

A day not very long ago
When will these tears cease to flow?
The epic tale, this chapter closed
Marked the fork in the road

My loved-ones earth journey is now done
They reached the end on race they’d run
In this gruesome, bloody war
Dirt stained hands wanted more

We wanted all to make it out alive
No one dear to up and die
And yet this chapter’s tragic twist
Tries to pull me into abyss

Of sleepless nights and guilty days
Turning from the lighted ways
It tries to drag me into night

Or from this battle to take flight

Do I want the fate of those?
Who tried to fight our forever foe?
Can I withdraw from the fray?
Just be “normal” as they say?

I know I didn’t start this fight
Does that justify my flight?
Or do I have to stand and fight?
I don the armor of the ONE

I know the war’s already won
But in this battle, here… today
Could just go either way
Behind the armor, my body quakes

I shiver… I pray I do not break
I grab hold of the only weapon known
To smite the enemy it’s shown
To uphold the weary one
That’s what the WORD of God has done

I mediate on it everyday
I try to walk in the WAY
I know I can only cling
Of His GRACE I boldly to sing
And his praises loudly ring