Sunday, June 22, 2025

When Life Goes On


What do you do 

When life goes on 

After your world has crumbled 

All around you 


How do you walk on 

When the landscape 

Of your future 

Seems forever changed 


How do you awaken 

When your only peace 

Seems to come 

During fitfully blessed sleep 


Surely the world should stop 

Everything has changed 

In a moment, in an instant 

Nothing seems as it was 


This… this thing 

Has clouded all else 

It obscures my faith 

It blots out my hope 


Even though I can’t feel it 

I must trust 

My foundation is sure 

My base is still secure 


All around me 

Life goes on 

Despite my tragedy 


Even though I’m shattered 

And breath comes hard 

Even though silence screams 

And memories press in 


I will rise 

Not with strength, but resolve 

Not because I am whole 

But because He holds the pieces 


For though I cannot see it 

And though I may not feel it 

God is still God 

And life goes on 


So will I 


© Ron Simpson Jr. 

June 22, 2025 


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