For Days (like today) When I Feel Blue

Made From Clay

Skin of my teeth.
That close.

When it was darkest - no moon, even -
No light at all (only voices)
He suggested I was believing a lie.

I considered this.
Hands to head,
"Peace," he said.

Warm and heavy
A weight on my crown
Love.
Queen.
Daughter.
Peace.

I feel like I barely made it.
I wish someone could have told him, too.
I know how it feels
To believe the lie.

And so it was (for me)
One second
Here and
Not gone!  

Remembering,


I breathe a heavy sigh of grief
and gratitude.
In one breath I mourn, relieved -

I know more than ever that
It never needed to be this way.
And now, because of him

And for Him -
I promise

to never,
Never
No, never
Forsake.