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Pure Grace

Posted: 28 Oct 2017, 04:02
by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha
It was meant to be a routine check-up
Nothing to cause a major shake-up
Yet events elicited a huge outburst
Like a balloon blown so big it burst

I had noticed nothing, you see
It was my first so signs were few
But the shuffling in the scan room
The move to call another spelt doom

What’s wrong? I asked her quickly
She removed her gaze abruptly
After what seemed like an hour
She broke the news so sour

I hate to say this at our first meeting
But I can’t see the fetal hearts beating
I have no answers to your query
But am truly very sorry

I climbed down the couch solemnly
And sat on the bare floor sublimely
All I could do was cry
And stop me no one dared try.

I barely felt the labor pain
An epidural could give no gain
The ache in my heart was intense
The emptiness even worse

In the weeks that passed it hurt badly
But I clung to God to help me solely
I needed a ray in the dark tunnel
And not drown in pain’s funnel

Time finally brought me healing
My faith in God found me soaring
His Peace never left me
His Grace so upheld me!

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 30 Oct 2017, 13:18
by Whitney Marchelle
Great Poem! I enjoyed the rhyming, it started to become a discovery, on what could rhyme in the next line. 2 thumbs up!

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 30 Oct 2017, 15:39
by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha
Thanks for the thumbs up Whitney!! Deeply appreciated! Best wishes!

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 30 Oct 2017, 23:24
by Ozzy
Nice poem, my best part was when you finally clinched to God and he healed you

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 31 Oct 2017, 17:10
by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha
Thanks Ozzy, for letting me know what you liked best about the poem. Deeply appreciated!

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 02 Nov 2017, 16:02
by Gabyap
I enjoyed the rhyming words too, good job.

Re: Pure Grace

Posted: 03 Nov 2017, 16:11
by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha
Thanks Gabyap! Welcome to OBC!