Renewed 05/13/2021

Twas something
Not expected
A glimpse through the veil
As a dream visit
From my youngest son
Occurred.

Sensing his presence
Feeling the joy
Sharing memories
Of the love
We lived and felt.

At his service
Thought I couldn’t live
Without him in my life
Later finding
How wrong I was.

For something profound
And mystical happened
My soul burst forth
From the pain of loss
Taking control
Of my healing course.

Many changes occurred
Painful at first
But surrendered
To the guiding force
Allowing it heal
My battered self.

A new version of me
Reborn
Renewed
Out of the fiery pain of grief
Like a Phoenix
Shedding my old life
And welcomed love
Once again
Knowing my son
Is always with me.

~Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author