BLANKET OF SORROW...

Darkness and a silence has overtaken our land ..
 Subdued and shaken by the twisted mind of a man..

 Taken are the lives of so many very young and innocent souls..
Anguished tears are shed as prayers lifted to the Father to console..

 Angels beside them as they mourn their terrible loss..
Prayers of millions knelt in prayer from this tragic cause ..

 A blanket of sorrow covers this great nation of ours..
Hearts torn in two over the loss of these delicate flowers..

 They were just buds on this tree we call life..
 Not yet ready to bloom, ruined by this blight..

 Shaken to the core, we are desperate and tormented to understand..
To understand this evil that persistently happens again and again..

 Take this opportunity to hold your child close when you kiss and hug them goodnight..
Give them the assurance that you are always just a thought away and never out of sight !

 Never out of sight in your mind, and that they are always in your cherished loving heart..
For they hold the key to each beating chamber, always and forever, right from the start!

 Patsy McNutt Morgan
 Written a day after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.
 12/14/12

LIFE WITHOUT END

She cries and sobs in the darkness of her room..
Her heart broken, saddened by words that loom..

 Words that tell her she didn't do or was good enough ..
She should have done more, stood out , planned stuff..

 She comforts herself with prayers and memories..
Thoughts of long ago, they seem like centuries.. ..

 Gave herself completely to raise her family..
Sacrificed, struggled ,there was no fallacy ..

 She did it all without regrets or shame..
Head held high, it was never a game ..

 With pride and prayer she walks alone..
She forgives and forgets and sets the tone ..

 Keeps her memories deep within her tortured soul..
She nods and whispers, they've taken a toll..

 She realizes now and now more than ever..
 The past is past ..not one understands the endeavor..

 "Life Goes On".. it is said , tis true!!
  She forgives the past and begins anew..

 Patsy McNutt Morgan 12/08/12

WHAT WOULD I DO ...

 What would I without you ?
   If you vanished out of the blue..

 My days would grow dark, bleak, dreary and stark.
 If you were gone, my world would grow dark..
.
 Do not leave me alone to cry..
  I need you, I love you , I'd simply die..

 The hours wane and linger on..
 Without you near to get a long..

 Yes, what would I do without you dear?
 To encourage, to lift me, hold me near..

 You are my strength to carry on..
 You are the light in life's daunting storm..

 When I seem unloving and quick to judge..
  You've always been understanding, never held a grudge..

 I can not imagine a day without you in it...
 What would I do without you there with me every hour and every minute ..

 Patsy McNutt Morgan
11/11/12

DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Emptiness and darkness looms heavily from a shattered heart that is broken..
Words tore through my being , deep into my spirit, I am forsaken...

 My soul weeps from my spirit that has been torn and rendered helpless.
 Sickened by deliberate words waiting to ambush and rendered the mind helpless..

 My soul, my spirit, my heart all cry with tears of regret and sorrow..
 I pondered the thoughtless utterances that fell deep inside to burrow ..

 The words they fester, are deep and rotten, brought forth, they were unkind..
 They were like a volcano that bubbled, then spues and finally erupts in time..

 The words are now unburdened, meant to maim, to destroy..
 Have left an indelible torturous scar that was never there before..

 I do not live by a rule that you feel I should live by..
Therefore I dismiss the carnage of this, your perpetual lie..

 So continue your war that you have brought to our family ..
I will concede to this childish retribution, it's turmoiled calamity ..

 No instead , I shall forgive you for what you have done from this day forward..
 Forgiveness heals my wound and tends to my broken heart, though altered..

 We may never be the same for what has taken place and transpired ..
 I have been shaken to my core with all you have dealt and conspired..

 But God said this... Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your  heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins"..

Patsy McNutt Morgan
11/24/12