Theme Thursday March 5 -2015 ~ Distance ~ I Never Felt The Distance Before ~

I never felt the distance before      

    Nor sensed the silence in the room,    

    I never missed the familiar footstep      

    Nor the clutching click of the door;       

            Now often I think I hear      

        The soft burr of your bike       

       Rolling, whirring in the lane

The lifting flick of the gate way latch

And the 'tick tick' on the window pane;

At times I see you on the prayer mat

Or in your writing chair;

Where you would sit for hours on end

To read and write and note and plan,

And from time to time

Would turn around, to

Exchange

A friendly chat;

And now I know why God made sons

Why faith and peace is strong,

When love is true and distances long,

No absence can ever break the bond;

And now I know

How one so close, can be so far away,

No one can show, no one can wait

To stop and pat and wipe your tears away;

My son My dear, in distant land

You are with me, each day

As when I first held your hand

You first opened your eyes,

And tried to say…."Aye"

Time moved on and time moves on

Time is just fair

My son My dear, in another land,

You are not here ….

You left the footsteps in the sand;

I know… I wake up with a start,

You are forever in my heart;

Your helmet heavy in your hand,

I see you, standing there.