“… Across the Tender Ache of the Miles…”

Across the Tender Ache of the Miles

Driving north, heartbeats for the one that lives across the miles

Summer breeze, the tender ache gently fades

Wonderment, the glorious wonder of the days of summer spent together

“You” are acquainted with what I’m carrying

Year after year we see her grow 

The love grows too

Character and beauty 

“daughters ..like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.”

The distance now between, the span, like the Grand Canyon carving

As we look closely, no surprise, 

layers of rock far beneath the earth 

reveals one season or layer at a time 

Each deeper layer reveals more 

the preservation, displays a history of careful design.

You will someday stand together 

loved ones realizing the passage of time, 

you will know joy, peace, and delight 

Seeing the carving of lives, the revealing of God's plan 

amidst the turns of life's journey,

the preservation, 

and will then know the plans he had for you and those you love.

Help beyond my own strength

To live miles, hundreds of miles, thousands of miles-

Far it seems like Londyn to DC,

Those we love and hold dear- family, 

Distance like a canyon so wide and deep 

I cannot cross at my own doing.

Grace,

to live each day with hope and faith

to the next great memory and time Together 

God’s grace will sustain 

Across the tender ache of the miles. 

Across the Tender Ache of the Miles,

Glimpse poetry, by Joe Holuta