Redemption

Life is not always easy It hums along, sweet and low-key And then the tsunami – real or imagined, Wipes our smug snugness away. Devastated by loss, we weep, We gnash teeth, we grieve, we're angry At God, at life, at lack of control. We regain calm, then lose it, lose it, lose it. Slowly, slowly, normalcy returns, Creeping back in like the daily tide. The dawning of another day, Bereft of the old,but blessed with the new, First shows itself in the smiling eyes Of dear friends, still here, still offering love