Excerpt from My Next Book

Excerpt from My Next Book

This morning, as I sat with my coffee and Bible, these words poured from my heart.
They’ll appear in my next book, but I wanted to share them now -
for anyone walking through love, loss, or healing.

Psalm - Fiercely Love
(excerpt from my upcoming book by Michele A. Aponte)

As I sit here looking into the woods,
the woods you once played in,
I think of how I’ll never see that again.

I pray that God puts my heart back together -
the pieces shattered on the floor,
like glass upon marble, splintering everywhere.
This morning I ask for His band-aids of mercy
to place my heart back together again.
I thank Him for making me strong,
yet still - it hurts.
The band-aids aren’t quite sticking.

I love you so much.
As tears begin to rise again,
I whisper to myself, I have to move on.
There are others to care for -
we’re all sad,
each of us acting a little differently,
slowly finding a new normal without you.

I know you are with your siblings now -
Rita, Martini, oh Jack-Jack 
and you can play together once more.
I can’t wait to see you again,
all of you, in the fields of Heaven.

As a band-aid peels away,
a tear rolls down my cheek,
down my face, down my soul.

And as I sit here asking God why,
words appear within me,
like a message upon a movie screen:
“To teach you to love deeply… fiercely.
To teach you to love stronger.”

And I sigh, knowing it is true.
I do love stronger, fiercer, bigger -
and that is why it hurts so deeply.

Fiercely love.
Fiercely hope and pray.
Fiercely wait for the day
I can hold you again.

Until then,
I will always love you.

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