Learning To Sing Hallelujah

This is my daughter Carrie and her friend Julie

The song burnt my lips

with tears formed

from my hollow

hallelujah.

With raised hands

I thought I reached

for God….

But I only wanted

to accost heaven

with my list of demands.

How empty desire comes

when it begs for self.

It was in the midnight

of my precious child’s pain

I learned the meaning of faith.

Prayers of vanity fell like stones

and supplications for healing

became my day and night.

Now another day of her smile

is the joy I thrive on.

When impossible tries to bury me

trust finds its way into my spirit

to flood it with true hallelujahs.

 ©Susie Clevenger 2013

This is Dawn who I wrote this poem for.

Sunday Mini Challenge ~ Hallelujah