Pain, Forgiveness, Love and Hope

How to make sense of something that hurts

It starts simply
Things grow
We muddle along and you begin to know
This might be real

It's a call
It's a note
It's an unexpected flutter on which to float
Changes are happening

Sitting stunned
Then the news
What once was joy now turn to mews
Of whimpered pain

Is it betrayal
Anger, tears
Praying to God for an answer you fear
Isn't your dream

To walk
Or to fight
To say something nasty when a light
Dawns with subtle realization.

To forgive
To love
To trust that maybe someone above
Grants peace

Pain fades
Hurts start to heal
Something new begins again
To flower in its place

New hope
Restoration
In your heart there is a station
For renewal

Return
Converse again
It starts slowly now to mend
This is real

This is the hope of restored relation.