ROOTS OF A TREE

DEDICATED TO GEMMA LAVOLE SMITH 

To the Husband 

and Wife

who’s Souls still radiate

and who

have shown togetherness

and who

were once rooted

like a deep nested tree.

From the ground

a Wife came to you

and from the ground

a Husband came to her.

Twained

by these roots of God

you shall both forever be

in the dignity of the Lord

even though

you wail in the night

the patience

of her staff is by God

waiting in the midst

for she

will reappear to you again.

Tribulations

beset your marriage

for in

the thwarting disparity

unionships are carved

and the Lord

loves you for your efforts.

While the Dove flies

in the freedoms of bondage

the material woes of her memory

distraught you

and encourage you

to never forget her.

The sacrosanct bond of love

and God

is weaved

between you and her

forever to subsist.

In this midst she awaits you.

In the midst

she will always remain

your loving Wife

though by God

you both are His children.

It is the heart of man

that God

sent His only Son to Save us.

You have had more

than an ounce of Faith

to reassure

your place with Him.

Embracing you now, she is with you.

Embracing your love, she is with you always.