“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen”. ~ Elisabeth Kübler Ross
You’ve been down, up and sideways,
day time nightmares in between,
looked death in the eye, you never blinked
a tyrant few have ever seen.
Baby steps of healing, dwarfed by
setbacks quantum size,
your courage firm, unflinching,
through plateaus, lows and highs.
Winters steal your daylight,
cloak of darkness falls too soon,
marching on undaunted still
with beams from a waning moon.
Let warrior’s tears of sadness
water soil around your heart
the seeds of strength you’ve planted there
sprout wisdom God imparts.
Our love is a waltzing circle,
fanning out in three-four time,
spiralling up on wings of faith,
mountains we must climb.
Gently let me take away,
dab from you those silent tears,
let me be your lighthouse now,
safe harbor from your fears.
When you’ve come three sixty
in life’s maze of hide and seek
a world of love, joy and fear
let your inner wisdom speak.
Put your ear to the ground and listen,
you will hear me call your name,
the love we share is infinite
it will always be the same.
Swim with your buddy,
fold into the flow,
when your cup is empty,
you need to know,
I am forever here,
with this boomerang love.
I am this boomerang love,
You are this boomerang love,
We are this boomerang love.
Copyright © Henri Ferguson 2013 All rights Reserved
Author Notes
Michelle is in cancer’s clutches and it is tightening its grip; this is unquestionably one of the most difficult challenges we have had to face as a couple. Folks pay a lot of lip service to the idea that material possessions cannot buy you happiness but the full truthful impact of that statement hits home when one is faced with a life threatening health issue for which there is no easy or guaranteed solution. Where do we go from here?
We struggle; Michelle with her body at war, and me with my sense of helplessness and the convoluted path it takes me on. Ultimately I always come back to the only thing I feel 100% confidence in and that is the healing power of love, I call it This Boomerang Love.
We struggle; Michelle with her body at war, and me with my sense of helplessness and the convoluted path it takes me on. Ultimately I always come back to the only thing I feel 100% confidence in and that is the healing power of love, I call it This Boomerang Love.
Henri, this saddens me to no end, but I remain hopeful.
Although I don't know you or Michelle as intimately as your family and closest friends, know that my heart is with you both (and your loved ones) simply because I am a lover of love and like you, believe in the magic of love divine – or what you know as "boomerang love".
All my prayers and positive intentions are with you both.
– Mica
Mica,
A heartfelt thank you for your words but perhaps more importantly for your understanding. It is that understanding that validates our universal connection.
I have many wonderful memories of your amazing spirit in my classes.
Love and thoughts,
Henri