| One Reminder In The Night |
| Blankets embrace you and silence enfolds |
| Your form, and darkness takes life of its own. |
| Thoughts run like dragons, and your conscience scolds. |
| You aren't alone. |
| Nighttime, you're longing for some kind of rest. |
| Like a child yearning to off-load the stone: |
| Stone of the burdens of life on your chest- |
| Toil of one grown. |
| Wondering truly the gift you possess: |
| Always does love come just when you atone? |
| God holding back and you cannot confess. |
| "Mercy," you moan. |
| Gentle words come, sudden, out of the cold. |
| "Child, persevere, for I just have not shown |
| Longing that I feel, to finally hold |
| You, as My own. |
| Your heart is gold." |
| --Happy Valentines' Day! |
| --February 12, 2003 |