Apart

You shattered my heart. You stole my trust.
With each insult and jest, a brick at me you thrust.
Beaten, wounded and bruised, I continued to try,
To save what was left of us, but my heart started to die.

I gave all I had till I’d lost all but my life.
The bricks kept on flying. You only wanted strife.
My trust completely shattered; you pushed me away.
So, I painfully moved on when I just couldn’t stay.

I picked up the bricks and started to build.
Handling each one slowly, as a new place it filled.
Each piece was painful and heavy to hold,
But on I continued without much of a goal.

Through the tears that I shed as I laid each brick down,
A small bit of healing to my heart did surround.
Brick after brick laid down as I brushed off the dust,
Taught me lesson after lesson about whom I could trust.

Living apart all alone I would stand.
Building a wall, brick by brick, with my hands.
With each day that went by, the walls grew higher,
Until I realized one day, my heart had risen from this mire.

Now time went on and the work continued as it must.
The wall now stood firm with a strength I could trust.
What started in pain and despair I had found,
Now stood with pride as I gazed all around.

I’d built a new life in which the pain of the past,
Had transformed into something beautiful and steadfast.
As each painful brick was laid down by my hands,
A grand tower arose and now here it firmly stands.

It symbolizes hope in a future of love,
And peace from The Giver of all life above.
With my hand in His, I step off of the ground,
As He leads me higher and higher I’ve found.

My trust now in Him is firmly secured.
My fortress is sure no matter what’s hurled.
What was meant to destroy me and tear me apart,
God has used to steer me close to His heart.

Never alone again in my fortress will I stand.
God’s got my back, with my heart safe in His hand.
My story is not over, it’s only just begun.
Your story too need never be done.

If you trust Him and surrender all of your heart,
You’ll find that blessings abound when one stands apart.

©2016 Stephanie Blomquist