Take me!

The last year and a half

has been tough,

Peace of mind

has been shredded

The road trod upon

has been rough;

The heart has been torn

into a million pieces,

The forehead has wrinkled

with worry and woefulness

into a hundred creases;

Back about eighteen months

and a few laboured heartbeats,

I lost the biggest part of me

despite all care

and myriad medical feats;

The precious fur daughter

went away in a whisper,

Leaving me a

painfully long lifetime

to pine for her, to miss her;

Since then I trundle along

through the passage of life,

The world’s hurting becomes mine

It rips through my heart

with the sharpest of knife;

I cry a monsoon

for a stranger’s loss,

Every hurt, every tragedy, every pain

felt by someone, anyone

to bleed my weakened heart

is enough of a cause;

In this time gone by

each time a beloved

bid adieu,

I cried hoarsely, wait

it should have been me

Not you;

 A young friend

lost her partner

well before his time,

I argued with God

told Him blankly

He’d committed a sin

He’d done a crime;

Each time a young one dies

or somebody

kicks off midway,

I tell Him to take me instead

I kneel, I bow my head, I pray;

A neighbor to whom

one hardly spoke,

Took away his own life

as his grip slipped

on all his faith and hope;

I looked at

who all he had left behind,

I again lashed at God

asking about the error in His calling

when taking me

would have been more kind;

Every time I read obits

and hear of a passing on,

I urge Him

to get me to His side

before a new soul is born;

Take me, I tell Him

bring me to Your fold,

Give me peace, bring me respite

allow me the time

when my loved ones lost

I once again behold.

4.1.2017