Shadows and Sunlight

Photo of Castelo de Meleto Church, Chianti, Italy
From our Honeymoon

Each Substance of Grief hath twenty Shadows.

- William Shakespeare

They are everywhere....

The reminders of loss.

They ricochet off one another,
fill the empty spaces of my life.

I was at the airport the other day and happened to fixate on

a tall slender woman with
exquisite high cheek bones and flawless complexion.

I could not take my eyes off this other girl last week that had

Striking, Long, Raven Black hair.

I was watching TV this weekend and came across an actress with a

nose so similar it mesmerized me.

I had a dream last night that her hand held mine....

Each reminder is a shadow,
an anvil of loss, sadness and longing...

A distant memory that is beyond my touch.

God, I infinitely miss her
 Companionship and Conversation.

But these Reminders are also Sunlight -

Wonderful, Life Giving Sunlight.

A Reminder of what a Gift and Blessing I had. 

A Reminder of a Love without end.

I believe my Salvation will be discovered in this Sunlight.

I guess you can't have one without the other.

There would be no shadow without sunlight behind it!

With that fact, I'll accept both....
and pray the Sunlight beams through....