Life isn't perfect.
Life isn't easy.
Life isn't even pretty, at times.
That's right.
At times it's hard.
That soul-straining, heart-wrenching and hope shattering kind of hard.
That soul-straining, heart-wrenching and hope shattering kind of hard.
It withers you down, leaving you with but a sliver of Faith.
Your battered and war torn shell holds that remnant tightly.
It's all you have left.
You are weak and unstable yet you rise to your feet.
You realize you mustn't stay here.
You must leave this unforgiving place.
You must not live in Grief forever.
You have to keep going.
You lift your gaze to the road ahead.
It looks as tortured and unkind as the spot you stand in now.
It's wild, overgrown, dark and bitterly cold.
Yet, you decide to move forward anyway.
Faith, so fragile, nearly transparent, refuses to stay behind.
You go, together.
Your hesitant steps take you through "Unthinkable" and beyond "Impossible".
In time, those steps turn to strides and you go over "I can't" and around "Regret".
Soon, something unexpected happens.
You find yourself in a clearing.
The once unwavering gray clouds part.
Your eyes seek safety.
You feel a blanket of unfamiliar warmth surround you.
It is in this moment you realize how numb and how cold you been for so long.
Your fingers slowly loosen their bare-knuckled grip.
Your eyes open, ever so slowly.
And there it is...
You found the light again.
You allow it to wash over you.
You drop the heavy load of armor you bear.
An exhale escapes.
A smile blooms.
A prayer of gratitude is whispered.
Tears fall downward along your sun-kissed cheeks.
You are acutely aware that these tears are of a different breed.
They are not for protection.
Instead they are gifts.
They are offerings of relief, of healing and of renewed Hope.
These tears are in dedication to your kind and loyal companion.
The one who never abandoned you.
The one who never abandoned you.
These tears are for your true and unbreakable Faith.
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:: Always from under the same sky ::
Tara
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