Tor·na·do / tôrˈnādō/ noun
- a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- a person or thing characterized by violent or devastating action or emotion.
Talking to my sister as we did dishes
Chatting about life, love and wishes
Then it turned to some of our more recent days
And how some simply left us in a haze
We talked about it being like a tornado
The tornados we face in life: a broken relationship, a divorce, a loss
Where you’re left wandering praying for some hope, a simple rainbow
But all you can see is debris toss
All of a sudden you feel alone in the wreckage
You can’t make heads or tails of what used to be
You hear yourself screaming but with no one to hear the message
What do you do, when in front of you is all debris
Survival becomes your only option
You cannot pick up anything but you need to keep breathing
It is too late to take necessary precaution
Count the thumps in your chest, to know your heat is still beating
Calamity, ruin, destruction lay dormant on your path of life
Your heart feels filleted by a sharp knife
No where is there a sign as to which was to go
No one to look to , nothing to show
But stay there you mustn’t
You’ve got to move, take one step
For life will not stop for you- it doesn’t
In the chaos leave the imprint of your footstep
You’re may have succumb to someone else’s denature
But do you dare act as a victim
Once you do, you cause more damage than the original force of nature
You’ve got to tell yourself, “you’re His” as if told from a dictum
We all have to reckon with life’s catastrophes
We can either let them define us, destroy us, or direct us
When we leave it to God and remain faithful He will give us a trophies [Crowns]
His grace for us throughout this life is superfluous
So once you’ve gotten past the initial loss,
There will be times when debris from that will still fall
When you find two ways to go … two roads to cross
Trust God and stand tall
He will see you through it all
