Without Sight (poetry volume one)

The Star That Watches Over Me

A star shines bright in the night sky:

I think of you.

Are you looking down on me

and what I’m doing?

Would you be proud of where I am in life,

who I know, what my dreams are, who I’m with?

Would you approve of my choices

and many changes of mind?

I wonder what you would think of me

and my gift for writing;

you never had the chance to see it.

Are you proud of my finding faith

and my positive attitude towards everything?

Am I missing you after all this time?

I keep thinking back to the wonderfully fun things we did:

from amusement parks and playgrounds

to late night drives around the city

to watching me sing and be a child.

The simple things that made us a family.

We had our ups and many downs

but I am passed that and those.

My mind set to the good,

thoughts keep wandering back to you.

It had been a while, no doubt.

I wonder if they feel it too.

I wonder where it came from.

Is it my home sickness

or rare loneliness?

Maybe it’s the situation and thinking about her.

Maybe it is in fact because I don’t see those downs.

That is not my doing.

I could not have done that alone,

and I am very grateful to the Lord and to my family.

I have no problem thinking about you, missing you.

It puts a smile on my face to remember.

~nikkie may.