Desperately Poem by Clyde Watanabe

A friend's husband died in an auto accident. When cruel realities of this world take away a loved one, how do we fill the emptiness inside? Where does our hope and help come from? How do we fill the loss in our lives?

If life is like a flower, mine has withered and died
My tears they flow like rivers, can't open my eyes
No song can fill my heart, there is nothing to sing
Sorrow hovers over me and everything

This cruel world, it steals away my love
My world, my life, my hope, flowing out to sea
I thirst for love, I thirst for your embrace
I yearn for peace, I yearn for your loving face.

Can I lift my eyes?
Heavy laden with tears
Can I lift my heart?
I can't even start

I need you so, so desperately
I need you now, I need your touch
I need your strength, I need your hand
I just have to understand

But I trust in You, how I trust in You
Father of Mercy, Father of Grace
With all thexe mixed emotions
I cling to my heart's devotion

This season of my life will come to pass
You will sead me through the valley
Lead me from my misery, hurt and pain
So someday I can hear this refrain

When I needed You so desperately
You reachedd out with your loving touch
You held me with your strong, strong hand
until I could understand

How my trust in You carried me
You wiped away my tears, shed my fears
Restored my hope, my love, my heart
For eternity, we will never be apart

(2-08-09 Yukon, Ok)