- You Here Beside Me- Poem by Carolyn Ford Witt

- YOU HERE BESIDE ME-

So many times I've wondered
Where You would have me go
And then in Silent direction
Somehow, my heart would know.

I know that You are guiding
Each tiny step, I take
But back when I was younger
I'd tend to bolt and break.

But now that I am aging
I hear the whisper in my ear
And with each little whisper,
I'm drawing You so near.

So if this aging body
Is what I must endure,
I'll take all these aches and pains
Your presence to ensure.

And when my knees no longer bend
To get on them in prayer,
I know you'll hear me just as well
As we're talking from my chair.

I love You here beside Me.
And my hand You surely hold,
And I know that You'll still hold it
As we walk those Streets of Gold.


Author: Carolyn Ford Witt
Ms. Caroline
© 7-21-06