Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Apr 3, 2010 23:59:13 GMT -5
SIMPLE FAITH
(A tribute to a friend’s mother and a wonderful Christian lady.)
We said Goodbye to Muriel today,
Friends and family frozen
In the harsh light,
Familiar faces drawn so pale with nervous pain.
Yet there was joy, real joy
That broke the grey sky’s shell
And came to dwell among us!
The kindly priest, white robed
Spoke of a life lived with a simple faith
A smile that rested- from an undivided heart
Trust of a child that followed all the way
A hand held out to grasp and still held on
Throughout the darker, desperate days.
She was her own small sermon
Loving in her warm and simple way
And shining with her rays of certainty
Into the deep sad doubt of other souls.
The smile that said it all,
And they all spoke of that
And when the light streamed in, we felt
Her smile had lit the room
And she was home.
© Pauline Griffiths
(A tribute to a friend’s mother and a wonderful Christian lady.)
We said Goodbye to Muriel today,
Friends and family frozen
In the harsh light,
Familiar faces drawn so pale with nervous pain.
Yet there was joy, real joy
That broke the grey sky’s shell
And came to dwell among us!
The kindly priest, white robed
Spoke of a life lived with a simple faith
A smile that rested- from an undivided heart
Trust of a child that followed all the way
A hand held out to grasp and still held on
Throughout the darker, desperate days.
She was her own small sermon
Loving in her warm and simple way
And shining with her rays of certainty
Into the deep sad doubt of other souls.
The smile that said it all,
And they all spoke of that
And when the light streamed in, we felt
Her smile had lit the room
And she was home.
© Pauline Griffiths