Seven Year Letter

Seven Year Letter  3/24/2014

I read a letter

But it took a long time to write

After seven years of waiting

I could finally see

What I needed to know.  

One thing

Will always lead to another

As the ripples spread outwards

In ever widening circles.

The years go by

And we rise and fall

Either learning how to swim

Or sinking to the bottom. 

I remember and I pray

Struggling to stay awake

To finish what I started

And learn to live forever.

We can always ask

And that is what I have done

Because God is always there

And knows everything.

I am still falling

And I don’t know

Where I will land

But either way

I bounce and I roll.

Everything is a gift

If you try hard and think

Taking it all in

And breathing it all out.

Every injury

And every insult

Melts away

And we repair ourselves

From the inside out. 

Time slips by

But I have not lost a thing

Because even time runs out

And becomes something else. 

I am myself

And I am yours

Now and forever

We will all have each other.

My mistakes

And my missteps

Have made me who I am

But only because I keep trying

Over and over again. 

The best days

Are yet to come

Even if we cannot see them

And all appears lost. 

If we believe

We remain undefeated

And if we keep going

Everything is ours.