Poetry

Only One

by Tom Harvey 
07/31/15
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There’s only one marriage which is eternal
but for years she waited and prayed
and fasted, and cried for lack
of a husband she’d hoped would fill her
remaining fifty years.
And when she found one, he couldn’t.
He was promised too, and yet
for thirteen years he couldn’t hear
one word the Master said.
He ached an empty ache instead
and every year he’d come to dread
until an earthly bride be found
who’d take a man who couldn’t laugh.

There’s just one friend
Who sticks closer than a brother;
Yet I fretted through one and then another,
and felt alone and sad and sighed
with Jesus right there by my side.
And all the angels here unseen
just cocked their heads and shrugged their wings
as I sat rescued and unharmed
through wasted days and slipped by hours
forgetting, ignoring, and begging Him too;
crying for friends as if He wouldn’t do.
And He will wait until I can see
that there’s no one greater who will ever love me.