NIGHTS OF LONGING

The night is long and painful
as I await dawns golden globe,
reaching out from velvet darkness
light fingers poke and probe.

The ponderings of a mind fatigued
by so many wakeful nights,
makes for days, of fogged confusion
a sad and worried plight.

While the maladies of life do mount
my members can’t sustain,
the chores that take me longer
and cause me so much pain.

My commitments now so hard to keep
meetings here and meetings there,
sometimes I have to cancel out
because I have to rest, take care.

My journey’s one of stops and starts
but there’s one thing that I know,
Your always there beside me
sometimes You carry me, it’s so.

The fuel that keeps me going
and keeps joy within my heart,
Is Your Eucharist, my Saviour
and the love that You impart.

With arms raised high, I give You praise
and thank You every day,
for gifts that make me stronger
as I follow in Your Way.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Oct. 30, 2006