NAOMI

Call me Naomi. I’m not ashamed of my name.
I have been through the same lane that she came.
Losing her sons and husband.
I went close to losing my husband but mercy kept him.
My only son wasn’t lucky or at the mercy seat.
My beloved niece was also swept away in death.
Now they left me here to fret.

Pain in my heart.
I can’t even hold my breath
Ruth stayed with Naomi but Orpah left.
Naomi went home but I can’t
I have to be running from my past. No one understands my heart
it is burning like a torch.

And to make it worse my heart has been scorched.
I wish everyone could see what they meant to me.
This pain I am feeling is eating me
No!! the pain won’t cease.
I can’t get off my knees.

This kind of pain I must be looking for answers.
I can’t even reach. Life has taught many bittersweets.
I can’t sleep at nights or keep.
Still this situation makes me ill.
Doctor tries to medicate me with pills
There is no hope in this cause it is not my will.