Weeping Shadow
Weeping Shadow
weeping shadow by my window
sitting lonely without a word
always in tears he does appear
and crouched without foundation stand
one time I wondered why he sat there
perhaps his troubles have overcome him
no longer able to fix them physically
and more emptily he has felt
knowing that nothing could be a solution
by not mortal hand not even his own
nothing to provide an answer for
and yet I still see him sitting there
still in his position facing away from me
perhaps he is there waiting
waiting for tomorrow to bring him clarity
and in silence he sits
I can not count the hours
each day at the same time I check for him
and each time without failure he is there
so as I looked at him again and again
I felt both worry and sorrow
I wondered what pain that he went through
I wondered what has brought him to his knees
what downed him so, what held him away
so I did investigate for myself
to question why and offer comfort
and when I finally approached him
he did not look at my face
still in the dark did he face away
and I went back to get a candle
and with that I lit it
I came to see again why he was there
if he would answer me
and when I came to him and the light did show
that it was only a statue
and that statue was of a man praying
I could not help but smile
it was a reminder for myself
though, only a mental image that I had created
it shows me how I do not know
for not in pain was he
he may have been asking for help
or he was thanking God for his blessings
praising his name
and yet he still sits but he does stand
he stands in my memory of what I should do
that I may find my comfort
in God
that I may be still and open to listen to him
so that I may be a statue for someone else
a representation of what someone may also see
and find comfort that I may provide from God
and in God that they find him and his love
now that I shine my light on the weeping shadow
and find a smiling statue but I find myself also smiling
God makes himself evident in ways that I may not see now
but I must learn to view them differently
and if I listen and if I will open my eyes
I shall see and hear him and be given hope
and knowing that God listens when I do pray
he answers our prayers in such a way
that it is his way of answering and not by our expectations
as for our listening for him
listen for him not in a way that you would expect
and always be open for him to see his evidence
that he is