Heart Poem by R B Seals

Bleak becomes the moment
that ventures too far, too
wide, too daunting…becoming
incomplete as the soothing,
gentle, comforting light of
your presence has gone and I
scream out in silent anguish
as—again—I must accept the
awful, dreadful and painful
certainty of a heart without:
deficient, empty, undermined
by a harsh and certain reality
that punctuates your absence.

In an instant, joy erodes and
I become a creature yearning:
yearning for fulfillment by a
love and happiness only you
can provide and sustain in me;
indeed, longings by a heart and
soul made weary by a lifetime
demoralized by disappointment,
sadness and the lasting, terrible
regret of finding you late in life.

You have become my miracle, a
godsend, a blessing and, by the very
essence of your nature, a true beauty
of character and heart, the very
substance that surely makes me whole
again. I’ve become beyond measure
empowered—alive, vital, meaningful—
and by your deliverance and lasting
devotion, together experience with
grateful hearts, the blessed gift of
God’s magnificent notion called love.