to Stacey... miracles have grown within me

Deep within me children cradled

From seeds of love they grew.

The world within me never saddled

Sheltered from the outside hue.

But passing through the doorway,

The colors that they see

Strike me like the sun’s ray

As they give their love to me.

In my body rests this power

That takes a course anew.

I watch, detached, as life is soured,

And pray that God my life renew.

The doorway’s blacker than the night,

An empty vacancy,

No future within sight-

No hope of clemency.

Thrust within I gasp for light

Clutching for my sanity.

With grace from God I think I might

Cause to wait eternity.

Long months with death I fight

Praying for my body’s purity.

His answer takes me to heaven’s height

And lengthens my life’s brevity.

Upon my heart I write

With freshly found humility,

“May His spirit lead this flight

As I live in his serenity.”

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