Through the Tunnel

Poetry Article

While walking along the pathway of life

We came up to a tunnel dark as moonless night

The desire to avoid it was strong as strong could be

But the only other direction was right behind me

Turning back was not an option, so we had to go through

Trembling we entered, just me and you

But in that gloomy darkness each seemed alone

By the world and by our selves no longer known

Driven apart by the depths of the dark

No longer joined in hand or in heart

I in my corner, and you in yours

Not sure how to see each other anymore

But slowly, so slowly, beginning to move ahead

Though at times almost crippled by a nameless dread

Stumbling along just trying to find a way

Longing for nothing more than the sunshine of day

And so we learned step by step how to walk again

Creeping through the tunnel that seemed to have no end

Sometimes one step forward, sometimes two steps back

Meeting deadly obstacles that seemed to never slack

Some days it seemed I saw a glimmer of light

Only to find it thwarted and swallowed by the night

But then finally quite suddenly the sun was in our eyes

And I looked down to see your hand entwined with mine

Somehow in the darkness where neither of us could see

Jesus walked beside you as He was walking with me

Leading us to the place of togetherness again

By first teaching us how to walk with only Him

He sees us as ourselves and He sees us as one

And He’s brought us together to see His work be done

Somehow that dark tunnel where we both felt alone

Was used to make us stronger than each could be on our own

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