You Have a Place...

THUNDER
Laughing in my face.
A wistful whisper:
'You have a place.'

Now I must find it;
this world of being.
Duty surrounds me.
I'd rather be fleeing.

The tenderness throbbing
stilling disgrace;
reminding incessantly
'You have a place.'

With hope and humility
I will arise.
Grateful for tomorrow.
With tears in my eyes.

This life is mine.
It always shall be.
The storm will diminish
Conceding to me.

No one will know
The struggles I've won.
Tomorrow is here.
My life has begun.

-Dr. Bobbie Brandon