Marathon Hearts
It’s a battle of endurance
Between two runners inside my heart
One is Patience the other is Strength
Patience of the pain
Against the Strength to survive
Will one outlast the other?
For two years this marathon
Has been taxing my heart
From the day I learned
Of my Mother’s passing
Through the gates of Heaven
A lesson of Rainbow Love
Unconditional and everlasting
I am very happy to now have her in my life
So much love between Heaven and Earth
I know we both wish we could have shared
All this love while she was physically here
A year ago I wrote of
“The Rainbow After The Rain”
I thought the tears would fall no more
How wrong I was as they still sometimes reach the floor
The pain just waits with Patience
Sometimes my Strength so weak
I think no more can I take
But then I know I can’t give up
For if I did, my Mother’s smile would surely be gone
So down deeper into my heart
I find more Strength to survive
It’s my Mother’s Strength helping me to stand tall
Just when Patience thinks it’s winning
Strength pulls ahead to take the lead
And through another day my heart lives
But this I can’t decide which is worse
Losing a Mother so close always there in your life
Or losing a Mother so close you’ve never known
In Patience there is so much pain
But in Strength there is more than enough love to survive
For this Strength comes from a Heaven so deep inside
She knew this test of endurance since my birth
The Strength that kept her going all her life
Lives on still today
Shared between Mother and Son
Of Marathon Hearts
Copyright © Accidental Poet 2002
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Comments5
A sensitive write AP. How about both running together? Might not be a competitive race then. Patience and Strength running together.
Or as a three-legged race? I mean, one leg each tied together, not three legs in total! I will stop waffling now. Digging myself into this hole. I won't get out! lol.
Have patience with, and in the strength. Or strength with, and in, the patience. Or both in each other!
I've never really seen the two as being in conflict.
Orchi, its the patience of pain, and the strength of love.
Great touching piece. She will always be there, nestled in the chambers of your heart.
Yes Ed, she will always be in the core of my heart. All our loved ones are there, for that is our gateway to Heaven. Thank you for reading and complimenting Ed.
Keep seeking deep down in your heart for that marathon strength dear friend - a heart-touching read.
That strength was born the day I found her grave and has grown ever since. Thanks Fay.
Wonderful emotive write, she will always be with you.
Thanks Andy. ; )
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