A/N: Just finished this novel…it was such a powerful tribute to the power of our Lord Jesus and a deep personal message to my life—pulling from my experiences, I wrote this poem, and discovered that it is a pretty good representation of God's love for us and Sarah's own transformation.
I can feel myself,
Folding closed,
Curling inward,
Hardening to
A hurting world.
Caring hurts too much.
I am sensitive,
But slowly I,
Draw away.
I cannot stand
The pain any more.
Loving hurts too much.
A biting word,
Tone of acid,
Eye of cold stone,
Bitter spew from
An anguished heart.
Feeling hurts too much.
Oh lonely heart,
Where can you turn?
Not long before,
You are paralyzed.
Unless…is there?
A way out…somewhere?
My precious one,
Here…I am here.
Cling to me, child,
You are forgiven,
You are so loved.
Rest in me forever.