A heavy coat of sadness kept me cold.

Compelled but facing hopelessness, I tried

to break out from this fearful stranglehold. 

Could I embrace the pain and bid good-bye?

But grief will act with mercy in its time.

It is the ruler of the healing heart.

The welcomed memories begin to climb,

and mornings bring new meaning to impart.

The blows that death delivers can derange,

But hope and faith can soften any change.