“Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?” – St. Gerard Majella
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? – Mark 8, DRA
Sometimes I Forget
Sometimes I forget.
I forget how beautiful
You are
And how no one
In all the world
Can ever replace you.
When I forget,
I settle
For what is less,
I try to fill that big void
In my heart
With things
That could never fill it
No matter how hard I try
Or how long I look.
When I forget,
I do all sorts
Of foolish things,
Just so I can
Numb that ache
That never seems
To go away,
That seems to tell me more
Than what I can presently
Understand.
In truth,
It is this very ache,
This inner wound
That eventually reminds me
That there is something
Out there that is
Far bigger and more wonderful
Something far more satisfying
Than I can ever dream about.
There is something
There is someone
Who alone
Can reach
The very depths if me,
Who alone can touch
My very soul,
And even if I may forget
I know He will find a way
To bring me home.
“Who can make me happier than God? In him I find everything.” – St. Teresa of the Andes
“Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.” – St. Augustine of Hippo
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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