Each time you leave,
my heart trembles
as my mind sings come home safe
sweet love, come home safe.
The world outside frightens me
daily – the anger and violence,
the vagaries of chance,
my helplessness.
When you leave, I become aware
of what I love most
and how my faith is too fragile
to contain the fears
that roil within
as my heart continues its mantra –
of tender uncertainty
come home safe, sweet one
come home safe.
This cri de coeur expresses so poignantly the fear felt whenever our loved one(s) leave the perceived safety of our presence. Lovely.