Together

 

This day
despite my fear
calm settles over me
the warm embrace that is my love
for you

the fog
of foolish thoughts
that would disrupt my peace
cannot enshroud me — for you are
with me

I see
with clarity
how real our love to be
our true bond of fidelity
gives strength

it’s now
when life seems dark
and fear seeks to consume
I have the love and comfort of
your heart

I know
when this has passed
you will be waiting here
knowing this — I face fate fearless
this day

*
rob kistner © 2022

Poetry at: dVerse

 

30 thoughts on “Together”

      1. Rob, Take comfort in faith, there is def something after this realm of space.

        Sending you positive energy, my friend..embrace it warmly.

        Peace and health….

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        1. Thank you True, and someday we will all know what’s next — if we retain our current ability to “know” once we cross this next threshold… I mean, who really knows? I greatly appreciate your gracious wishes my friend.

    1. Thank you Kerfe, it is a also an expression of hope, “when this has passed
      you will be waiting here”. The hope is that I make it to the place where this has in-fact passed, successfully.

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  8. You are one of the bravest men I know … no hesitancy in sharing what (and who) carries deep emotion, your state of health, your belief system. Bravo Rob

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    1. Nothing to hide from my fellow poets. At my age, my strength and truth is my writing and creativity. Like the header reads here on the top left of this “Image & Verse” poetry and art blog of mine:
      “MOSTLY TRUTH, YET PARTLY FICTION, TALES OF HUMAN GRACE AND CONTRADICTION.”

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  10. Wonderful on “Fear”, Rob. I hope you have the surgery appointment by now, Friday.
    I have started praying for you, the medical staff, the operation and recovery, and family and friends concerned and those praying and for their prayers. It is a nice, and a bit strange feeling, to know of those prayers. I could give your name and some medical details and your progress to our very large church if you’d like for members and staff to pray over.
    Both my mom and stepmom had CHF. Mrs. Jim might be developing it, so far it’s been diagnosed as late onset asthma.
    ..

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    1. Thanks Jim. They had to postpone until this coming Tuesday @ 5:30AM. My cardiologist wanted me to purge more retained CHF water, before he put me under anesthesia for the operation — to get the dangerous water pressure off my heart and lungs. I have now dropped 23.2 lbs in water weight since Monday 5/2/22 — thanks to this new medication called Torsemide 100mg that he put me on Monday. Strong stuff! So now it’s a “go” for my heart operation this coming Tuesday, in the early morning hours, at Evergreen Hospital.

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