Dragons

Dragons

Seems I have sailed a thousand seas
with dragons cresting with each tide;
Yet now my dreams are revealed
as he slumbers at my side.

His hands are calloused from his toil
to build a life for himself;
Yet never seeing in his path
four daughters and a wife.

His calloused hands gently soothe
our scars that fight to heal;
and all we ever hoped and prayed for
is becoming real.

Restless in his slumber
because I toss and turn;
seems I can't slow long enough
to grasp what he has learned.

So much for each to teach the other
and yet I can't slow my pace,
trying to catch up with him
and earn my rightful place.

He promises all the things
I once believe I deserved,
but somewhere along the way
I seemed to have lost my nerve.

Fear abounds where joy should be
and I stand weeping in my hands,
praying God gives him the wisdom
to somehow understand.

Bludgeoned by life, we five,
have somehow stood strong
and yet we weep far beneath
and wonder what we did wrong.

Such an undertaking, surely God
has shown,
yet I still fear for you;
the only love I've ever known.

Lord lift this heavy burden
and set me free so that we become
the family he dreamed about
all those years alone.

AMEN