My Return

It's been a minute since I've been here. Had a chance to ask some questions, do some reading & some ruminating. I think I'm ready.

Redemption Songs - Grandmother's Songs

A mixture of old world & new
Jamaican & American
The lilt of an accent
A history lesson taught
both in words & doing

Freedom
America, land of new beginnings
Hopes & dreams, Fulfilled?
What did she know at 16
this giver of comfort, healer of pain

Gospel truth & true gospel
religion & spirituality all in one
Her church was lost to her
She never lost her God

Passing peacefully one evening
Greeting her husband once again
Saying farewell to us all
Visiting me later, at night
Sitting on my bed
Talking, listening

I learned so much from her
Those last months
She said so much
She gave so much

Redemption songs
Grandmother songs
Believe in yourself
What got her through
Gets me through

©2008 Kim L. Ford