I tried to write a poem about rollercoaster emotions, but this is what flowed out. It kind of surprised me, I didn't know it was still there, but I suppose it is a big part of the "why" of my rollercoastering emotions.


There’s a sorrow that fills my soul
A brokenness that just won’t mend
An anguish that’s rooted deep inside
Where my loved ones used to stand
One by one they have all passed on
Leaving footsteps across my heart
Leading only to memories fading fast
And to dreams now lost in the dark
Oh, I wander from day to day
Wondering how to make my way
Through the rubble of torn and scattered hopes
The path has been lost in the pain.
Every day is a paradox
Where life is a gift, yet fraught
With anguish and sorrow for all that’s lost -
Yet a yearning to think new thoughts
Of all I still have to hold and embrace
The love and the light and the sweetest grace
Of faith that has weathered the strongest tides
And carried me through to this other side
Of the sorrow that fills my soul
Where the brokenness aches to mend,
The anguish will someday lead me through
To the place where their love still stands.