Re-run!
This was written upon request for my new little niece, who is an adorable fluff ball of lovely! But it can be applied to all people, newly constructed or finely antiqued. Keep growing, my dears!
Grow in grace, and grow in beauty,
Grow your mercy with your might,
Rise to meet the darkness, grinning,
Never let go of the Light
Grow, and cause us all to wonder
How we lived before you came,
So we cannot help but smile
At the mention of your name.
Grow to fill the space constructed
With the blueprint of your soul
In this story God has written,
Only you can play your role.
Leave your footprints here like canyons,
Tiny though your feet may be,
May the world shake with your wisdom,
And your love stretch like the sea.
May you look back on your time here
And walk proudly as you go.
Leave us all standing astounded
At the ways that you will grow.
– s. Clark
Have you seen a little girl?
I left her here, some time ago
She said that she would meet me here
But I fear it no longer so
Have you seen the girl I left?
I have been searching for her smile
I promised I would come for her,
But I’ve been gone a long, long while
I don’t know how to return,
To find her after all I’ve done…
I have sought through the dead, cold woods
Through corners where she may have gone
I have searched my twisted heart
And scoured through its darkened grime
But she no longer knows my voice…
I fear her lost for all of time
If you find the girl I knew,
Tell her of my remorse and pain
Tell her I’m here within the woods,
Waiting for her to come again
– s. Clark
He spoke to me of destiny,
Of life, and love in youth,
And I had not the heart to tell
The poor, sweet boy the truth.
– s. Clark
Poetry by Shigé Clark 