Despite It All, a poem

I wrote this poem weeks before my dad passed away from cancer.  It was a practice in managing my pain and keeping my eyes on hope.

Despite It All

Though one may clutch against my chest

   I raise the other in worship

Though this may break under the test

   It beats the rhythm of worship

Though these may stumble to a crawl

   I walk so I may worship

Though it may bow and my chin should fall

   I'll think of You with worship

Though from these two the tears should flow

   I seek You in my worship

Though from these two I cry to know

   I sing to You in worship

Though these may clench and twist and cling

   They reach for You in worship

Though these may buckle in the ring

   I will kneel for You to worship

And through the darkness comes your light

   Forever worthy of my worship

by Michelle Ruschman

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3:33 Art - "New Creation in Christ", August 8, 2012