Because I Was Loved By You

You walked... No, you ran into my life

That day, those years ago

You smiled your way into my heart

And I have never let you go

You took my hand and walked with me

We met life, step by step

You, with your dreams

And I, with mine

These moments I have kept

The days, the months and years pass by

This road has many bends

But with faith we walk around every one

Holding tight until it ends

Now here we are, at the journey’s end

And I know I must let you go

But only into the arms of Jesus

For He will take you home

My hands are now open

My soul it aches

My mind filled with thoughts of you

But my heart is full and my joy complete

Because I was loved by you

© Ruby Neumann

Poet's Note: 

January 2017 started a flood of poetry that was birthed out of the greatest pain of my life or one of two of the greatest pains of my life.  I guess it is all how you look at it.  I can't compare the loss of my father to the loss of my nephew.  Both were devastating for me. 

My family and I eventually picked ourselves up after Dad died.  We moved on and learned to walk a different road without him. As I write this, my nephew has been gone for a year and a half.   I have hope that one day, we will all learn to walk again, but for now, we lay on the ground trying to crawl to our next day.  Some days we crawl faster than others.  

This poem was written two days after the tragic accident that took my nephew's life.  It was the poem that my sister chose to put on the funeral bulletin.