YOU

YOU crept silently into my life
YOU came along without warning
No lights flashing, no sirens screaming
Are YOU real or am I dreaming?
YOU turned my world upside down
As only YOU can do
The lights went dim, my head was spinning
I didn’t know if YOU were winning.

YOU might stay
YOU might go
Do any of us really know
YOU made my days so cold and lonely
The tears I cried left me empty inside
But, what YOU didn’t know
Is that my world is filled with so much love
I was wrapped in a protective glove.

YOU changed my world but that’s not bad
For every day I feel so glad
The beauty that surrounds us all
Was waiting just outside the door
YOU held my life in your cold hand
But YOU gave my world a loving glow.

If YOU should ever call again
I’ll walk with YOU into the rain
But just for now we walk together
Your shadow never far away
YOU may come, YOU may go
YOU may take and YOU may hurt
BUT, just for now I want to say
Thank YOU for giving me a bright new day.

Poem contributed by Diane Leopard

Photo by Faye Cornish on Unsplash