Why?

Lindsay Renee Neumann

My heart is broken

My world is gone

So much hurt

So much sorrow

So much pain

Why?

I have looked at the face of death

I have heard the cries of grief

I have felt my heart

Break in two

Why?

I no longer live inside a dream

Even my life has been touched

By the horrors of this world

Why?

I feel myself falling

I hear myself crying

This isn’t real

This can’t be true

This isn’t supposed to happen to me

Why?

Pain so great I can hardly bear

Will someone please rescue me?

I am so broken and weak

With one last breath I cry

“Save me”

Why?

There is a light

It’s not too far away

Just enough strength to reach it

“My Father, my father”

“Why?”

His nail scarred hand reach out to me

“Hush, be still, I am here.”

He draws me close

I can hear His heart beat

I can feel my heart heal

Why?

Because

He loves me.

©2000 Lindsay Renee Neumann