My Ashes

Jesus, I ain't got the words.

I'm just a humble girl.

Our lives are going up in smoke;

To the sky its tendrils curl.

Everything's on fire.

Everything we've built

Collapses in a single day,

Leaving us on a sharp tilt.

You give and You take away.

I trust in you, Jesus,

Even when our hearts lay open

And the ravens feed on us.

You are wise and trustworthy.

In your good hands we stay.

Let us daily feel ourselves there,

And please guide our steps, I pray.

It's my heart's apocalypse;

I have been rent in two.

Even from the mire,

My ashes still call out to you.

I really want to run away,

But yet not from your side.

As this is where you've brought me,

I will stand here and not hide.

Help me, Heavenly Father...

I don't know what to do.

But since You knew this was coming,

I at least can follow You.

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Kimberlee Long, March 12, 2020

When the very worst happened. When my children we hurt. When I lost one, or close enough. When my world collapsed, and all that remained, and all that may ever, ever again remain... is the rock on which my faith still stands.